What is a difference between cookie and session

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What is a difference between cookie and session

Posted 13-Sep-19 6:52am

Jack Smiths

Updated 13-Sep-19 8:23am

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Both Cookies and Sessions are values or collections of values.

Cookies
1. Saved on the client computer as a text file; can be tampered with by the end-user
2. Expiration dates can vary, they can expire immediately or years from now

Session
1. Saved in memory on the server.
2. Expires at the end of the client session (or a short time afterwards, eg 15 minutes)
3. Depend upon Cookies; a Session ID cookie is used to match session to browser

Posted 13-Sep-19 8:24am

MadMyche

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-13T08:00:00

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Here's two:

1) Basically, a Cookie is stored on the Client machine, while the Session is stored at the Server.

2) Cookies can persist past the user disconnecting from a website (and even powering down the client PC) but you get a new Session each time a client connects to the Server.

Posted 13-Sep-19 8:00am

OriginalGriff