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Asked: 2026-05-15T11:25:56+00:00

Excerpt from http://php.about.com/od/advancedphp/ss/php_sessions.htm : So how will it know it’s me? Most sessions set

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Excerpt from http://php.about.com/od/advancedphp/ss/php_sessions.htm:

So how will it know it’s me? Most sessions set a cookie on your computer to uses as a key… it will look something like this: 350401be75bbb0fafd3d912a1a1d5e54.

My question is, in PHP, how to generate a key (e.g., 350401be75bbb0fafd3d912a1a1d5e54) for a session cookie?

And when do we need such a key? Why not just set $_SESSION['color']='red' in the first page and retrieve in the second page with $_SESSION['color']?

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    how to generate a key (e.g., 350401be75bbb0fafd3d912a1a1d5e54) for a session cookie?

    Just call session_start() for this. A key would be generated automatically

    when do we need such a key?

    when session starts, to distinguish one user from another

    Why not just set $_SESSION[‘color’]=’red’ in the first page and retrieve in the second page with $_SESSION[‘color’]?

    This is the way sessions works. You are encouraged to do it this way. Who says you can’t do it?

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