What are some alternative methods to using sessions for data transmission over multiple pages in PHP?

Using sessions for data transmission over multiple pages in PHP can sometimes be inefficient or not secure. One alternative method is using cookies to store and retrieve data between pages. Cookies can be set with a specific expiration time and can be accessed by any page on the same domain.

// Set a cookie with the data to be transmitted
setcookie("data", "value", time() + 3600, "/");

// Retrieve the data on another page
$data = $_COOKIE["data"];