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{"id":4594,"date":"2022-08-04T07:25:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T07:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=4594"},"modified":"2022-08-04T07:25:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T07:25:05","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-session-and-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/php\/what-is-the-difference-between-session-and-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between session and cookies ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4595 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/session-vs-cookies.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/session-vs-cookies.png 600w, 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