What is PHPSESSID?

PHP uses one of two methods to keep track of sessions. If cookies are enabled, like in your case, it uses them. If cookies are disabled, it uses the URL. Although this can be done securely, it’s harder and it often, well, isn’t. See, e.g., session fixation. Search for it, you will get lots of SEO advice. The conventional wisdom … Read more

Cookies vs. sessions

The concept is storing persistent data across page loads for a web visitor. Cookies store it directly on the client. Sessions use a cookie as a key of sorts, to associate with the data that is stored on the server side. It is preferred to use sessions because the actual values are hidden from the … Read more

Where does Chrome store cookies?

The answer is due to the fact that Google Chrome uses an SQLite file to save cookies. It resides under: inside Cookies file. (which is an SQLite database file) So it’s not a file stored on hard drive but a row in an SQLite database file which can be read by a third party program such as: SQLite Database Browser EDIT: Thanks … Read more