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authorDerek Jones <derek.jones@ellislab.com>2010-09-02 17:20:54 +0200
committerDerek Jones <derek.jones@ellislab.com>2010-09-02 17:20:54 +0200
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added a teeny bit stronger wording to encourage use of database for sessions where validation is necessary or undesirable actions could occur by a user manipulating their cookies
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<h2>Saving Session Data to a Database</h2>
<p>While the session data array stored in the user's cookie contains a Session ID,
unless you store session data in a database there is no way to validate it. For some applications that require little or no
-security, session ID validation may not be needed, but if your application requires security, validation is mandatory.</p>
+security, session ID validation may not be needed, but if your application requires security, validation is mandatory. Otherwise, an old session
+could be restored by a user modifying their cookies.</p>
<p>When session data is available in a database, every time a valid session is found in the user's cookie, a database
query is performed to match it. If the session ID does not match, the session is destroyed. Session IDs can never
be updated, they can only be generated when a new session is created.</p>
+
<p>In order to store sessions, you must first create a database table for this purpose. Here is the basic
prototype (for MySQL) required by the session class:</p>