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 Posted by Balazs Wellisch on 01/21/06 05:19 
"pek" <kimwlias@gmail.com> wrote in message  
news:1137813017.516906.245940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... 
>I user sessions.. 
> Does that have anything to do with this..? 
> I mean, I can still use sessions and for the "Remember me" option I 
> will use cookies..Right..? 
> I also heard I need to make the cookie expire after a long will.. 
> I tried doing it but didn't know how it works.. :S 
> 
 
You use the session to track a user's actions through your site. By default  
a session lasts as long as the browser is open, but this can be changed. 
 
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php 
 
You use the cookie to identify a user. But when they return the next time  
they will probably start a new session. 
 
Here's how to set the expiration of your cookie: 
 
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php 
 
Balazs
 
  
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