Shopping Basket - What System To Use

[markduce]

Hi,

I am quite experienced in PHP now, so I dont need help actually doing this, more just deciding what method to use.

I want a basket system similar to most e-commerce sites. However, would I be best storing the contents of the basket in a MySQL database and then pulling them out for use? Or would you reccomend using sessions/cookies to remember the data?

Or does anyone have any other suggestions? I am open minded at the moment.

Thanks for your advice in advance.

Mark