What is the difference between Sessions and Cookies in PHP?

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Harsh picture Harsh · Jun 14, 2011 · Viewed 201.8k times · Source

What is the distinction between Sessions and Cookies in PHP?

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Quentin picture Quentin · Jun 14, 2011

A cookie is a bit of data stored by the browser and sent to the server with every request.

A session is a collection of data stored on the server and associated with a given user (usually via a cookie containing an id code)

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