Re: [PHP] Session vs Cookie Issues

2003-07-03 Thread Joel Rees
If anyone can help shed any light on the sort of instability I'm seeing, that would really help. Apache child processes die right and left, with segfaults and bus errors. Hardware? Overly agressive optimization switches when you compiled? Using pre-release software somewhere in the chain? --

Re: [PHP] Session vs Cookie Issues

2003-07-03 Thread Mika Tuupola
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Matt MacLeod wrote: I've had similar issues using cookies. The cookie was storing my details but only for the duration of the session despite having set the expiry date to a time well into the future. Any ideas for why this may have happened? Someone rm'ing

Re: [PHP] Session vs Cookie Issues

2003-07-02 Thread Matt MacLeod
I've had similar issues using cookies. The cookie was storing my details but only for the duration of the session despite having set the expiry date to a time well into the future. Any ideas for why this may have happened? The only major flaw I've found with PHP's session support is that it

RE: [PHP] Session vs Cookie Issues

2003-07-02 Thread Mike Migurski
based on what you're saying, I gather that if I were to choose to use cookies, and if cookies were rejected by the user, PHP will default to using sessions? If you chose to use sessions, and cookies were rejected by the user, then PHP would append the session ID to each internal link, in

Re: [PHP] Session vs Cookie Issues

2003-07-02 Thread Mike Migurski
The only major flaw I've found with PHP's session support is that it doesn't appear to be possible to force the data to be written without also closing the session. Mike - can you expand on your point above? I've running into this problem where--in an app with a lot of OOP and reference-passing,

[PHP] Session vs Cookie Issues

2003-07-01 Thread Ow Mun Heng
Hi All, I know this topic has been talked about a LOT but all the info I've managed to get from google is that there is no center / best option to choose between using sessions or cookies. Pros of Sessions 1. PHP does it all automatically

Re: [PHP] Session vs Cookie Issues

2003-07-01 Thread Mike Migurski
I know this topic has been talked about a LOT but all the info I've managed to get from google is that there is no center / best option to choose between using sessions or cookies. You're comparing apples and oranges -- cookies are one of the mechanisms by which PHP implements sessions.

RE: [PHP] Session vs Cookie Issues

2003-07-01 Thread Ow Mun Heng
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