What is the difference bitween cookies and sessions/

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What is the difference bitween cookies and sessions/..

1.If you set the variable to "cookies", then your users
will not have to log in each time they enter your
community.

2.The cookie will stay in place within the user’s browser
until it is deleted by the user.

3.If you set the variable to "sessions", then user activity
will be tracked using browser sessions, and your users
will have to log in each time they re-open their browser.
Additionally, if you are using the "sessions" variable,
you need to secure the "sessions" directory, either by
placing it above the web root or by requesting that your
web host make it a non-browsable directory.

3.The Key difference would be cookies are stored in your
hard disk whereas a session aren't stored in your hard
disk. Sessions are basically like tokens, which are
generated at authentication. A session is available as
long as the browser is opened.

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What is the difference bitween cookies and sessions/..

Answer / mfsi_satyakamm

Cookies exist in your local hard disk which is stored by the
browser in your local hard disk.

Sessions are used for passing of information as long as you
are using a site. After that session expires.

For example:
Suppose you login to a site using a login name and password.
This login name and password information are stored by the
browser in your local hard disk in form of cookies, so that
when you login next time you don't have to re-enter your
login name and password.

When you finally logged in to the site and start using the
site, then a session starts. Session helps in passing of
information between user and browser. As long as you are
using the site, the session is active and continuously helps
in passing of information. But when you exit from the site
by logging out or just by leaving the site, then the session
expires.

After leaving a site the cookie still exists in your local
hard disk unless you delete it manually. Using this existing
cookie you can login into the same site without providing
user name and password again.

But when you leave a site then the session expires i.e. it
is being deleted and you will never be able to get it. If
you try to re-login again(i.e. after deleting the cookies)
to the site by using the session you won't be able to
re-login as the session has already expired.

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What is the difference bitween cookies and sessions/..

Answer / priyanka agrawal

cookies are stored in the user's browser, and sessions are
not. A cookie can keep information in the user's browser
until deleted.But Sessions are popularly used, as the there
is a chance of your cookies getting blocked if the user
browser security setting is set high.

If you set the variable to "sessions", then user activity
will be tracked using browser sessions, and your users will
have to log in each time they re-open their browser.

The Key difference would be cookies are stored in your hard
disk whereas a session aren't stored in your hard disk.
Sessions are basically like tokens, which are generated at
authentication. A session is available as long as the
browser is opened.

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