Is it a good practice to carry DB values in session variable or in a cookie?
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It’s a usual practice to save some values as session variables (like the user ID), not in cookie as a cookie can be changed by the user.
Just remember to regenerate the session ID when your user’s rights changes (login, logout, goes on admin page etc.) to avoid session hijacking problems.