session data

Our session system is due for an upgrade.

Currently all PHP sessions are stored in the database, and some things are getting a bit slow. There have been a couple of approaches I've been considering, one of which is simply storing all the information in a browser cookie.

Popular posts from PHPDeveloper.org for the past week:

• Samuel Folkes' Blog: The Tools You Need For PHP Development
• Developer.com: Build your own MVC Framework: Getting your Framework Up And Running
• Brandon Savage's Blog: "Micro" Optimizations That Matter
• Jani Hartikainen's Blog: Is commenting your code useless?
• Code Beach Blog: PHP ID

In a new tutorial on PHPBuilder.com Marc Plotz takes a look at the security of your sessions and how to protect them from would-be data thieves.

In this new post to his blog Paul Reinheimer looks at one of the more powerful tools at a PHP developer's disposal - memcache - and how you can use it to store sessions.