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 Posted by s a n j a y on 07/17/06 00:55 
romayankin@gmail.com wrote: 
> I need to limit the session time for a particular user who is working 
> on my site. I'd also like to extend the session time each time user 
> performs some action (moves from one page to another). I've written the 
> following code  to accomplish this task 
>  
> /* Extending session */ 
> if(isset($_COOKIE['username'])) { 
>     setcookie ("username", $_POST['username'], time()+3600); 
> } 
>  
> Variable $_COOKIE['username'] right after the authorization is 
> completed. 
> The problem is that I don't think this is a safe way to handle 
> sessions. Perhaps I should use $_SESSION global array to store the 
> username of the logged user? 
>  
 
In my opinion, all you should store in a cookie is session-id.  
Everything else, you store on server in either global session veriable  
or in a database.
 
  
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