Taken straigh from the manual: (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php)
[quote] There are two methods to propagate a session id: - Cookies - URL parameter The session module supports both methods. Cookies are optimal, but since they are not reliable (clients are not bound to accept them), we cannot rely on them. The second method embeds the session id directly into URLs. PHP is capable of doing this transparently when compiled with --enable-trans-sid. If you enable this option, relative URIs will be changed to contain the session id automatically. Alternatively, you can use the constant SID which is defined, if the client did not send the appropriate cookie. SID is either of the form session_name=session_id or is an empty string. [/quote] Regards Joakim Andersson > -----Original Message----- > From: PHPCoder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:17 AM > To: php-general > Subject: [PHP] Sessions: watertight? > > > Hi > I'm doing some reading on sessions and how it works etc, and have a > concern (which is probably fed by my ignorance on the topic). > The couple of "simple session examples" I have found in the PHP/MySQL > book by Luke Welling & Laura Thompson gives a simple 3 page session > example where the session is started on the first page, a variable is > registered as a session var and then has a link to the next > page where > the session_start() is called and the session_var is echoed to > illustrate the workings of a session. > My understanding is that PHP will either use cookies to store the > session ID on the client's pc, or send it via URL, so, assuming that > cookies is a no-go, can I now assume that PHP will attach > it's session > ID to each and every URL located on my .php page? > The reason I'm asking is as follow: > I did the little excersise, and then deliberately rejected my > browsers > call to process the cookie, and then the script didn't return the > variable as it did previously... > And now, assuming that I can assume that PHP will attach the > SID to all > URL's , how does it know to which URL's to attach, or am I > supposed to > manually attach them, leaving me with another question, If I have to > manually code the SID into the URL, then the whole session > "coockies if > possible" approach doesn't seem to work??? > > Can someone explain it in more detail for me plz? > Thanks > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
