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Description

Get the session handlers

Syntax

getStores()

Returns

array An array of available session handlers

Defined in

libraries/joomla/session/session.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.session.session' );

Source Body

public function getStores()
{
        jimport('joomla.filesystem.folder');
        $handlers = JFolder::files(dirname(__FILE__).DS.'storage', '.php$');

        $names = array();
        foreach($handlers as $handler) {
                $name = substr($handler, 0, strrpos($handler, '.'));
                $class = 'JSessionStorage'.ucfirst($name);

                //Load the class only if needed
                if (!class_exists($class)) {
                        require_once dirname(__FILE__).DS.'storage'.DS.$name.'.php';
                }

                if (call_user_func_array(array(trim($class), 'test'), array())) {
                        $names[] = $name;
                }
        }

        return $names;
}