Cookies or Session? Which one should I use for my project?

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I have a complete login system in PHP using Sessions, which works like this

<?php

if(isset($_SESSION['user_id']))
{
  //lets the user use their profile
}
else
{
 //takes the user to the login page
}

?>

It works fine on my local server (XAMPP) as doesn't logout the user. Which means the session wasn't destroyed. But when I use the same system on a live server which is a Linux(Ubuntu) server, it destroys the session when I close the browser. I've tried extending the session lifetime but it doesn't work. I know this is how Sessions are supposed to work.

But, want to keep users logged in like on Facebook(on a mobile browser). I know I can use cookies for that but, cookies shouldn't be used to save information like user name and password.

What should I do? any suggestions.

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1 Answers

You should use sessions with cookies... it's pretty much the standard way today.

The cookie only stores the session id. A session isn't destroyed, it "expires" (this means the session cookie, not the session itself).

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