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SESSION IN PHP

OVERVIEW
• Sessions in PHP are used to store and manage user-specific data
across multiple pages on a website.
• Unlike cookies, which are stored on the client-side, session data is
stored on the server, making it more secure for sensitive information.
Here's an overview of how to work with sessions in PHP.
• Session variables hold information about one single user, and are
available to all pages in one application.
Start a Session
• To use sessions in PHP, you must start a session using the
session_start() function at the beginning of each script that accesses
the session data.
• Example
<?php
// Start the session
session_start()
?>
Storing Data in a Session
• Once the session is started, you can store data in the session using the
$_SESSION superglobal array.
Example
<?php
session_start();
// Store session data
$_SESSION["username"] = "JohnDoe";
$_SESSION["user_id"] = 101;
?>
Retrieving Data from a Session
• you can retrieve session data the same way it was set:

Example

<?php
session_start();
// Access session data
if (isset($_SESSION["username"]))
{
echo "Username: " . $_SESSION["username"];
}
?>
Unsetting or Deleting Session Data
• you can remove specific session variables using the unset() function,
or you can destroy the entire session.
• Unset a session variable: Destroy the entire session:
<?php <?php
session_start(); session_start();
// Unset a session variable session_destroy();
unset($_SESSION["username"]); ?>
?>
Why Use Sessions?
• Security: Since session data is stored on the server, it's more secure
than cookies, which are stored on the user's browser.
• Efficiency: Sessions are useful for storing sensitive information such as
user authentication data (like login state).
• Cross-page tracking: Sessions make it easy to track data across
multiple pages without needing to pass information through query
strings or forms.

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