Re: [PHP] $_SESSION v. Cookies

---- Scott Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: 
> Dear PHP List,
> 
>     PHP 5, Apache2, MySQL 5, running on Ubuntu, viewing & deving with
> FireFox and Konqueror (Linux).
> 
>     I am building a site with multiple tools and want to pass variables
> throughout them all.  Before, I was passing variables using <hidden> HTML
> Form tags, but the site has grown too large for this tactic, so I went to
> using $_SESSION.  However, when I started using $_SESSION, my site loads 3-5
> times slower then before.  A page that queried MySQL and built itself in 3-5
> seconds was now taking 15-20.  While more has changed then just $_SESSION,
> it is really the only significant difference.
> 
>     Is $_SESSION slowing down my site?  Is there a faster alternative to
> global variables then using $_SESSION?  Are using regular cookies faster?
> 
>     Any help is appreciated.
> 
>     Thanks,
>               Scott

Did you add any includes and are they include or include_once or require VS. require_once?

I found stress tests that show that an include is faster then an include_once and so removing the _once from includes and requires will speed up your site.

HTH,
Wolf