What are the potential issues with using sessions to store and display text content in PHP?

One potential issue with using sessions to store and display text content in PHP is that sessions are not meant for long-term storage and can be cleared at any time. To solve this issue, you can store the text content in a database and use sessions only to store a reference (such as an ID) to retrieve the content from the database when needed. 

// Store text content in a database
$text_content = "Hello, world!";
// Save text content to database and get its ID
$content_id = saveToDatabase($text_content);

// Store content ID in session
$_SESSION['content_id'] = $content_id;

// Retrieve text content from database using content ID
$text_content = getContentFromDatabase($_SESSION['content_id']);

echo $text_content;

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