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Description

Constructor

Syntax

__construct($store= 'none', $options=array())

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$store	'none'	$storage
$options	array()	$options optional parameters

Defined in

libraries/joomla/session/session.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.session.session' );

Source Body

public function __construct($store = 'none', $options = array())
{
        // Need to destroy any existing sessions started with session.auto_start
        if (session_id()) {
                session_unset();
                session_destroy();
        }

        // set default sessios save handler
        ini_set('session.save_handler', 'files');

        // disable transparent sid support
        ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', '0');

        // create handler
        $this->_store = &JSessionStorage::getInstance($store, $options);

        // set options
        $this->_setOptions($options);

        $this->_setCookieParams();

        // load the session
        $this->_start();

        // initialise the session
        $this->_setCounter();
        $this->_setTimers();

        $this->_state = 'active';

        // perform security checks
        $this->_validate();
}