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written 5.6 years ago by
binitamayekar
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| Cookie | Session |
|---|---|
| Cookies are stored at client side. | Sessions are stored at server side. |
| Cookies may or may not be individual for every client. | Session is independent for every client i.e. individual for every client. |
| Size of cookie is limited to 4KB and number of cookies to be used is also restricted. | There is no limitation on the size or number of sessions to be used in an application. |
| Cookies can store only “string” datatype. | Session can store any type of data because the value for data type is “object”. |
| Cookie is non-secure since stored in text-format at client side and cookie values are easy to access. | Sessions are secured because it is stored in binary format/encrypted form and gets decrypted at server side and also session values are not easy to access. |
| Cookies not store multiple variables. | Sessions can store multiple variables. |
| Cookie data is available in our browser up to expiration date. | Session data is available for the browser run. After closing the browser we lose the session information. |
| Cookies saves local user data as website specific on local computer on text file. | Session is application specific and keeps information until the browser is open. |
| It contains specific identifier links to server. | It contains specific identifier links to user. |
| Cookie data are easy to modify as they are stored at client side. | Session data are not easy to modify as they are stored at server side. |
| Client Side Programming Languages | Server Side Programming Languages |
|---|---|
| Works at the front end and script are visible among the users. | Works in the back end which could not be visible at the client end. |
| Does not need interaction with the server. | Requires server interaction. |
| Examples are HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VB Script etc. | Examples are PHP, ASP.net, Ruby on Rails, JSP, ColdFusion, Python, Perl etc. |
| Response from a client-side script is faster because the scripts are processed on the local computer. | Response from a server-side script is slower because the scripts are processed remotely. |
| Cannot connect to the databases on the web server. | It can be connect to the database that is on web server. |
| Relatively Insecure, because client-side script is visible to the users. | Scripts are hidden from view so it is more secure. Users only see the HTML output. |
| Client side programming can’t access the file system that resides at the web server. | Server side programming can access the file system residing at the web server. |
| It is used when the user’s browser already has all the code and the page is altered on the basis of the users input. | It is used to create dynamic pages based a number of conditions when the users browser makes a request to the server. |
| It makes the page interactive, sorting data in different ways if the user asks for that by clicking on elements with event triggers. | It handles logging in, personal information and preferences and provides the specific data which the user wants (and allows new data to be stored). |
| It is excellent for any case which requires user interaction. | It is excellent for any area that requires loading of dynamic data. |
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