SESSION in PHP
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Syed Abdullah - 201002263
JOY PAL - 201002418
Ananda Sarkar Naba - 201002038
SESSION
in PHP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PH 02 03
P Session Session
Short Review Why, where
Fundamental
session is used? Start a session
How its work? Ending a session
Session timeout etc.
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PHP
Hypertext Preprocessor
server-side scripting language
a powerful tool for making dynamic and
interactive Web pages.
PHP is a widely-used, free, and efficient
alternative to competitors such as
Microsoft's ASP.
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Session in PHP
Generally session means limited period of time or a
period devoted to a particular activity.
There is no continuous connection between client and
server.
Allow to track information of user.
A browser request a page from server – connection
opens between both, server get the request and sends
back the response – connection closed
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Why & Where Session is
Used ?
Stored the information is a hidden form field,
then it persist only if the form is submitted.
To make data accessible across the various
pages of an entire website.
Suppose a user is buying book online, there
should be a mechanism to keep track of books
added by user to basket.
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How Session Works
Session is a file stored on server.
Client’s browser makes an initial request to the server.
The browser sends a request to the server. PHP responds by
sending a unique token that identifies the current session.
server notes client's IP address/browser, stores some local
session data, and sends a session ID back to client (as a
cookie)
server uses session ID cookie to retrieve its data for the
client's session later
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PHP Session Working (example)
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Start a PHP Session
o A Session is started with the session_start( ) function.
o call session_start ( ) :
if the server hasn't seen this user before, a new session is
created
otherwise, existing session data is loaded
into $_SESSION associative array
you can store data in $_SESSION and retrieve it on future pages
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Start a PHP Session (example)
<?php
session_start(); // Start the session
?>
The session_start() functio
<!DOCTYPE html>
n must be the very first
<html>
thing in your document.
<body>
Before any HTML tags.
<?php
// Set session variables
$_SESSION["favcolor"] = "green";
$_SESSION["favanimal"] = "cat";
echo "Session variables are set.";
?>
</body>
</html>
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Accessing session data
$_SESSION["name"] = value; # store session data
$variable = $_SESSION["name"]; # read session data
if (isset($_SESSION["name"])) { # check for session data
if (isset($_SESSION["points"])) {
$points = $_SESSION["points"];
print("You've earned $points points.\n");
} else {
$_SESSION["points"] = 0; # default
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Ending a session
To remove all global session variables and destroy the session,
use session_unset() and session_destroy()
session_destroy ends your current session
if you may want to start a completely new empty session later, it is best
to flush out the old one
session_destroy();
session_regenerate_id(TRUE); # flushes out session #ID number
session_start();
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Ending a session (example)
<?php
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
session_unset(); // remove all session variables
session_destroy(); // destroy the session
?>
</body>
</html>
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Session Timeout
• Because HTTP is stateless, it is hard for the server to know when a user
has finished a session
• ideally, user explicitly logs out, but many users don't
• server automatically cleans up old sessions after a period of time
• old session data consumes resources and may present a security risk
• adjustable in PHP server settings or with session_cache_expire
function
• you can explicitly delete a session by calling session_destroy
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