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Description

Create a new session and copy variables from the old one

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Syntax

fork()

Returns

boolean $result true on success

Defined in

libraries/joomla/session/session.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.session.session' );

Source Body

function fork()
{
        if( $this->_state !== 'active' ) {
                // @TODO :: generated error here
                return false;
        }
 
        // save values
        $values = $_SESSION;
 
        // keep session config
        $trans  =       ini_get( 'session.use_trans_sid' );
        if( $trans ) {
                ini_set( 'session.use_trans_sid', 0 );
        }
        $cookie =       session_get_cookie_params();
 
        // create new session id
        $id     =       $this->_createId( strlen( $this->getId() ) );
 
        // kill session
        session_destroy();
 
        // re-register the session store after a session has been destroyed, to avoid PHP bug
        $this->_store->register();
 
        // restore config
        ini_set( 'session.use_trans_sid', $trans );
        session_set_cookie_params( $cookie['lifetime'], $cookie['path'], $cookie['domain'], $cookie['secure'] );
 
        // restart session with new id
        session_id( $id );
        session_start();
 
        return true;
}

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