Which is better session or cookie in PHP?

The main difference is security, because if you use cookies directly clients can see and/or edit them themselves, but for session the data is stored on the server side so client cannot access directly. So if the data only lasts for that session, I prefer using session.

What is the difference between cookies and session variables?

The main difference between a session and a cookie is that session data is stored on the server, whereas cookies store data in the visitor’s browser. Sessions are more secure than cookies as it is stored in server. Cookie can be turned off from browser.

Do session variables use cookies?

Yes, Session management is done using a kind of session-id i.e. cookies. cookies maintained in the browser help backend to identify users.

What is the difference between a session variable versus a cookie in terms of where the information is stored?

The Session and cookies are used by different websites for storing user’s data across different pages of the site. The main difference between both of them is that sessions are saved on the server-side, whereas cookies are saved on the user’s browser or client-side.

Where are session and cookies stored in PHP?

In PHP, there are predefined global array variables $_SESSION and $_COOKIES to contain session and cookies data, respectively. Sessions are stored in the server and the cookies are preserved only at the client side browser level.

What’s the difference between Cookie and session variables?

There are many differences between session and cookie. The major difference is that cookie variables are stored on the client’s browser, whereas session variable is stored on the server side.

Can a cookie persist longer than one session?

Cookies can persist longer than a single session. However, cookies may also be deleted by the user, or you may have a user whose browser does not accept cookies (in which case only a server-side session will work). This answer is misleading at best. See: stackoverflow.com/questions/12572134/… – YAHsaves Nov 14 at 6:30

What happens if cookies are set to true in PHP?

If it is set to true, then only client side scripting languages i.e. JavaScript cannot access them. Note: the php set cookie function must be executed before the HTML opening tag. Let’s now look at an example that uses cookies.