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Difference between CI session and PHP session - El Forum - 04-24-2008
[eluser]gabe[/eluser]
What is the difference between these?
More importantly, why is CI session better?
A PHP session stores data on the server, CI in a cookie. To me server-side storage looks better.
Kind regards
Difference between CI session and PHP session - El Forum - 04-24-2008
[eluser]gtech[/eluser]
[url="http://www.derekallard.com/blog/post/enhanced-codeigniter-session-library/"]http://www.derekallard.com/blog/post/enhanced-codeigniter-session-library/[/url]
I found this link on Derekallard.com where I think he answers your question if you look at the user comments after the 1st dark gray box.