Some of my friends asked me to write on some basic differences between a Session and a cookie.
Both are little bit confusing, but easy to understand.
So, here they are
Both are little bit confusing, but easy to understand.
So, here they are
| COOKIES | SESSIONS |
|---|---|
| 1. Cookies are small text files which are stored on our computer by web browsers | 1. Session are 32 bit variables which hold information about one user available to all pages of one application |
| 2. Cookies can store string data type | 2. Sessions can store any data type |
| 3. Cookies are stored at the client side | 3. Sessions are stored at the server side |
| 4. Cookies are not secured, as they are stored in text-format | 4. Sessions are secured, as they are stored in binary format |
| 5. Cookies can be disabled | 5. Sessions cannot be disabled |
| 6. Cookies give no burden to server | 6. Sessions give burden to server, as servers need to handle them |
| 7. Cookies are persistent and non-persistent | 7. Sessions are non-persistent, as its lifetime can be set manually. |
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