PHP Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.17, by Herong Yang
Managing Session IDs without Cookies
This section describes what is an array - an ordered pairs of keys and values. If sequential integer keys are used, an array is a simple indexed list. If string keys are used, an array is a map.
If don't like to use the cookie technology to manage the session ID, you can try to use the URL transparent parameter to manage the session ID. Here is what I did to test the URL transparent parameter.
1. Open and edit the configuration file, \php\php.ini:
session.use_cookies = 0 session.use_trans_sid = 1
2. Re-run http://localhost/SessionPage1.php, I got:
I am buying 3 PHP books. Next Counter = 1 Session name = PHPSESSID Session id = mg04r204ctuloo2uegmih14ri5 Session module = files Contents of $_GET: Contents of $_POST: Contents of $_COOKIE:
3. Click "Next" on the first page, the URL address on the browser was changed to: http://localhost/SessionPage2.php?PHPSESSID=mg04r204ctuloo2uegmih14ri5. The browser displayed:
I am buying 3 PHP books. The unit price is 9.99 per book. Next Prev Counter = 2 Session name = PHPSESSID Session id = mg04r204ctuloo2uegmih14ri5 Contents of $_GET: PHPSESSID = mg04r204ctuloo2uegmih14ri5 Contents of $_POST: Contents of $_COOKIE:
4. Click "Next" on the second page, the URL address on the browser was changed to: http://localhost/SessionPage3.php?PHPSESSID=mg04r204ctuloo2uegmih14ri5. The browser displayed:
I am buying 3 PHP books. The unit price is 9.99 per book. The total price is 29.97. Prev Counter = 3 Session name = PHPSESSID Session id = mg04r204ctuloo2uegmih14ri5 Contents of $_GET: PHPSESSID = mg04r204ctuloo2uegmih14ri5 Contents of $_POST: Contents of $_COOKIE:
Output shows that the session concept still worked correctly. But a couple of interesting things happened here:
Table of Contents
Introduction and Installation of PHP
PHP Data Types and Data Literals
Variables, References, and Constants
Expressions, Operations and Type Conversions
Conditional Statements - "if" and "switch"
Loop Statements - "while", "for", and "do ... while"
Function Declaration, Arguments, and Return Values
Interface with Operating System
Introduction of Class and Object
Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server
Retrieving Information from HTTP Requests
►Creating and Managing Sessions in PHP Scripts
How Sessions Are Supported in PHP
SessionPage*.php - Session Test Script Pages
Running Session Test Script Pages
►Managing Session IDs without Cookies
Sending and Receiving Cookies in PHP Scripts
Controlling HTTP Response Header Lines in PHP Scripts
MySQL Server Connection and Access Functions
Functions to Manage Directories, Files and Images
SOAP Extension Function and Calling Web Services
SOAP Server Functions and Examples
Localization Overview of Web Applications
Using Non-ASCII Characters in HTML Documents
Using Non-ASCII Characters as PHP Script String Literals
Receiving Non-ASCII Characters from Input Forms
"mbstring" Extension and Non-ASCII Encoding Management
Managing Non-ASCII Character Strings with MySQL Servers
Parsing and Managing HTML Documents
Configuring and Sending Out Emails
Managing PHP Engine and Modules on macOS