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Aug 03.2010

Do PHP sessions bog down a computer? (I’m accessing the page through localhost). If so, how do I get away from that?

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@NogDogAug 03.2010 — I don't know why it would unless you are storing huge amounts (for some undefined value of "huge") in the session data, in which case it would be reading/writing that data from/to the disk (or disk cache) on each page request.
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@Mr_Initial_ManauthorAug 05.2010 — I'm using at most TWO session variables: $_SESSION['logged'] and (maybe) $_SESSION['message']. Is it because I don't use session_destroy(); at the end of each page?
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@NogDogAug 05.2010 — I really can't imagine why that would be noticeably slowing things down. Are you using the default session-handler, or are you using a custom handler -- perhaps something using a database for storage? Or, maybe the disk is in serious need of defragmentation?

I guess I'd have to do some metering to find out where exactly things are bogging down before I'd be willing to blame it on sessions.
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@Mr_Initial_ManauthorAug 05.2010 — My hard drive doesn't seem to need it, and I'm using the default session handler.

All I know is that my comp gets really slow, and my Page File Usage skyrockets.
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@NogDogAug 05.2010 — Well, what evidence do you have that it's the use of sessions and not some other part of the script? (I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just trying to figure out how you could be right. ? )
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@Jarrod1937Aug 05.2010 — do a print_r($_SESSION); and post back here the results (unless it contains some sensitive info). This will let us better judge if you're storing too much in your session variables.
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