Re: [OT] Experience of Apache::Session vs CGI::Session ?

[Joel <pe...@joelrichard.com>]

Peter,

(I've marked this post as off topic, since it doesn't deal with mod_perl
per se.)

Having used Apache::Session to some degree, it seems that CGI::Session is
comparable in functionality. There does not seem to be any major
differences between the two. 

It is worth noting that the latest version of Apache::Session on CPAN is
v1.54, dated 11 Oct 2001. CGI::Session is v3.95, dated 26 Jun 2003. The
latter also has a higher rating (4 stars, versus 3).

(It would be wise to view the ratings of both of these as the person to
rated Apache::Session had some interesting comments.)

So perhaps it might be wise to investigate CGI::Session since it's more
recent and is more likely to be under active development. Then again,
maybe Apache::Session is perfect the way it is, although I doubt that. :)

Good luck!
--Joel

>Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
>> What do you need sessions for?
>
>What are babies for ? :-)
>
>In this case, if it matters, we need sessions for user settings,
>logging, preferences, authentication etc.
>
>> Authentication can be done using HTTP authentication without using
>> cookies or URI session tracking (which is, frankly, very ugly).
>
>To perhaps clarify, I was not asking for advice as to whether or not to
>use some sort of session management, but rather for people comments and
>experience between these two (very similar looking) modules. There must
>be differences, else why would people go to the effort of maintaining
>them ?
>:-)
>
>rgds,
>--
>Peter
>
>

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