05.5 Session Functions

Session Functions

Functions that helps you set and get session variables. They automatically start the session when needed.

function: session_set($key, $val)

Set a session variable

//set a session variable
session_set('something', 'some_value');

function: session_get($key)

Get a session variable

//get a session variable
$something = session_get('something');
var_dump($something);

function: session_del($key)

Deletes session variable

//delete a session variable
session_del('something');

function: session_end()

Deletes session variable

//destroy the whole session
session_end();