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[coopster]

We have a site using PHP session management (cookies only) and the cookie is set to expire at the end of the session (when the user closes the browser). I accept the cookie during login and afterward can use the tools available in Mozilla (NN) to open and view the cookie information, Opera allows me to see the cookie and value information (nothing else though...?), but MS IE has zip, nothing, nada. I used Tools¦Internet Options¦Settings¦View Files and browsed both the Temporary Internet directory as well as the Cookies directory but cannot find the session-based cookie.

How can I view the information in the cookie? I know I can view it right before I accept it, but how do I find and view the information later, after I have already accepted the cookie?

[coopster]

The best that I can find is from the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 260971...

Persistent vs. Session Cookies

Cookies are either stored in memory (session cookies) or placed on your hard disk (persistent cookies). Persistent cookies are written to the Cookies folder under either your user profile folder or the Windir\Cookies folder. The Temporary Internet Files index is updated with pointers to the actual cookies files. For additional information about persistent and session cookies, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

223799 Description of Persistent and Per-Session Cookies in Internet Explorer

NOTE: Internet Explorer versions 3.x and 4.x do not distinguish between persistent and session cookies.

Well, that tells us about persistent cookies, but as stated, I want to view the session cookie information. I realize it states that session cookies are stored in memory only, but I followed the link to see if there was any more info...

Per-session cookies are used to store state information only within a session. These cookies are cached only while a user is visiting the Web server issuing the per-session cookie and are deleted from the cache when the user closes the session.

I'm assuming the cache mentioned is memory, as described earlier, and not anywhere on the hard disk drive. Oh well.

On a happier note:
I found that after upgrading Opera from 7.23 to 7.51 I can view much more detailed cookie information now.