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Asked: 2026-05-15T11:53:05+00:00

I’m looking to build an ecommerce form using the PRG model. My question is

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I’m looking to build an ecommerce form using the PRG model. My question is on how best to hold the users credit card information during each page transition (page 1 input, page 2 review/submit, page 3 thank you) — is a SESSION the best way to handle this, and is it secure enough? If not storing in a SESSION, how else would I do it? I would unset the SESSION var after the transaction is complete. Is there a simple method for encrypting the information while it is stored in the SESSION? Your thoughts appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sessions aren’t that secure, there are security risks such as:

    I would suggest you to store your sensitive data into the database instead in a encrypted fashion and read that back across pages.

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