Web Development Chapter 9
Value, expires, path, domain, secure
5 optional arguments
Required name argument
You can create a cookie by passing the function a ______ ______ _______ and 5 optional arguments
sess_
Staring a session creates a text file on the web server that has the same name as the session ID, preceded by
session_destroy
delete the session
<input>
element that creates hidden fields
FALSE
if any output exists before you call the setcookie () function, you will recieve an error and the function returns a value of
State Information
information about individual visits to a website
hidden form field
not displayed by the web browser, so it allows you to hide information from users
query string
preserves information following a user's visit to a web page. A set of name/value pairs appended to a target URL. These are not permanent.
persistent cookies
remain available beyond the current browser session and are stored in a text file on a client coomputer
temporary cookies
remain available only for the current browser session
session_id
retrieve the session ID for the current session
Ampersands
separate individual name/pairs
cookies
small pieces of information about the user that are stored by a web server
session_start
starts a new session or continues an existing one. Generates a new session ID.
maintain state
store persistent data about a website visit, using hidden form fields, query strings, cookies, and sessions
$_SESSION
store session state information
stateless
the web browsers stored no data about pages viewed on previous visits to a website
0
to omit expires and secure specify ___ as argument value
Persistent and Temporary
types of cookies
$_GET and $_POST
When you submit a form to PHP script, you can access the values submitted from the form by using _____ and _____ autoglobals
session
a period of activity when a PHP script stores sate information. Only available for that current browser session.
Question Mark
add immediately after the URL followed by the query string that contains the information you want to preserve om name/value. In this you are passing info to another webpage.
persistent cookies
automatically deleted when the time assigned to the setcookie() function expires
query string
can be used to pass information such as search criteria from one webpage to another
temporary cookies
cookies that automatically cease to exist when the current browser session ends
setcookie
create cookies in PHP
