subject:"\[PHP\] Why do Sessions use Cookies\?"

RE: [PHP] Why do Sessions use Cookies?

2005-12-07 Thread Ahmed Saad

Hi Michael, On 12/3/05, Michael B Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why do sessions use cookies? 'cause HTTP is a stateless protocol ... check Wikiepedia on HTTP Cookies at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookies and RFC 2109 http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc2109.html such

[PHP] Why do Sessions use Cookies?

2005-12-02 Thread Michael B Allen

Why do sessions use cookies? Isn't a session just a container associated with the user's socket? Thanks, Mike -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Why do Sessions use Cookies?

2005-12-02 Thread Chris Shiflett

Michael B Allen wrote: Why do sessions use cookies? The client needs to identify itself, and cookies are a mechanism created for exactly this purpose. Isn't a session just a container associated with the user's socket? I'm not sure what you mean, but I suspect the answer is no. :-)