Stupid $_SESSION question

From: Bonge Boo! (bingbong_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:28:34 +0000

In another thread (Stupid setcookie() question I was asking about making
multiple page forms and the best way to maintain the state of the form as
people went through it.

A number of people suggested that the best way to do this was with sessions,
rather tha nthe cookies I was going to use. However my requirement was that
even after the browser window was closed, the next time the visitor came
back they would be able to carry on were they left of.

Ok.

The session works fine. They persist as long as the session_cache_expire
variable sets them to.

However, if you close the browser, the session gets destroyed. Anyway around
this?

I'm sure the answer is no, but...

Is there are superglobal that encompasses BOTH cookies and session?

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