# What about this

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-about-this/106721>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 8, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-about-this/106721 "2004-04-08T07:16:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@Lost](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lost)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-about-this/106721/1 "2004-04-08T07:16:18Z")

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a user signs up for my forum. sets a cookie called i believe phpmysql\_data  
not sure. Watever what I am trying to do is on my homepage I want it to say,  
“Welcome, Lost” where Lost is the user’s id. Do I draw it from this cookie? or do I have to use sessions? and how would I draw it out of a session?

Get me?:block:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-about-this/106721/2 "2004-04-08T07:45:48Z")

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Sessions: [http://us4.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php](http://us4.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php)

Cookies: [http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php](http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php)

You can use either. I prefer sessions. More secure. More options. Cookies are stored locally and can be easily by-passed or hacked.