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I’m creating a login system in PHP, and I want to know how to best protect the user information string in my cookie. I was thinking of encrypting the string with a key somehow? Is this the best way? I’m kinda new to this.
Thanks in advance.
Don’t store sensitive information in cookies. Store a session ID hash to connect the logged in user with their account.