A session is a file on the server (sometimes is a database entry) that allows the web application to track the user. Whenever you "login" to something, that's a session.
Sessions are most often used to determine a users level of access and privileges.
The preferred way is to simply alter the session superglobal. <?php $_SESSION['variable'] = "value"; ?>
A PHP session serves quite a few purposes. PHP sessions store data that the web application developer would like to have preserved across the different page loads.
A PHP session is a concept where specific variables (and their respective values) are carried throughout a user's viewing of a PHP-driven website. These sessions can be initialized and continued using the session_start() function. The session values are stored in the $_SESSION global variable. For more information, see the php.net documentation of session functions.
Depends what you mean with that. If the user logs out, the session gets destroyed, and with it the session ID. You'd need to grab the session ID before the user logs out.
To update/delete data from a session all you need to do is the following: <?php // to update the session, you just overwrite it like a normal variable $_SESSION['name'] = "pizza"; // to delete a sessions data you can do this $_SESSION['name'] = ""; ?>
The session is stored on the web server. The cookies is stored in a little file on users machine. This means that the session is (relatively) secure, whereas the cookie can be edited by the end user.
You can't. Sessions are a server-side technology. To properly implement a session, you have to use a server-side language like PHP, ASP, or Ruby.
<?php // start session session_start(); // Assign value to session $user = $_SESSION['variable_name']; // variable_name = value to store in session // To reset session variable use below method unset($user); // If you want to destroy all session variables use below method session_destroy(); // destroys all session variables ?>
PHP code can be stored in any kind of file -- the extension of the file indicates what said file contains, but may not necessarily be true. The "php" extension is used to indicate PHP which is meant for execution and presentation.
PHP is a dynamic language meant to do server-side processing where plain HTML/client-side JavaScript isn't enough.
Find your php.ini file (which holds all the settings for PHP, and how it should work).Under the "sessions" section, find the directive "session.save_hander." Unless you're directed otherwise, and you want sessions enabled, this directive should be set to the string "files."If session problems arise, find the directive "session.save_path," and make sure the current path it's set to actually exists (and that PHP can write to it). PHP does not create this directory; you need to.Still not working? Go to the directory path that session files are saved in (as noted in the "session.save_path" directive) and see if there are session files being created when you start a session in a PHP script. If they are, then your scripts are most likely the problem. If the newly created sessions are empty, make sure that you are actually putting data in them, and that you're not resetting the $_SESSION global variable anywhere.If they aren't, then it may help to reinstall PHP, or get further assistance elsewhere.
To clear a session in a web application, you can typically use the session management functions provided by your server-side technology. For example, in PHP, you can call session_destroy() to terminate the session, or in Node.js with Express, you can use req.session.destroy(). Additionally, you can clear session data on the client side by deleting cookies associated with the session. Always ensure to handle user logout properly to maintain security.