Posted by Richard Davey on 10/10/05 21:38

Hi Dan,

Monday, October 10, 2005, 7:43:31 PM, you wrote:

> How secure is it to save a password in $_SESSION.

> i.e. $_SESSION['password']

> is it safe and is it practical?

No, and no (well, not if you want to be safe)

More to the point - why would you ever want to? If you've found
yourself in a situation where the only option open to you is this, you
need to hit the drawing board again and re-design your application.
Big time.

Cheers,

Rich
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Zend Certified Engineer
http://www.launchcode.co.uk

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