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Description

restart an expired or locked session

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Syntax

restart()

Returns

boolean $result true on success

Defined in

libraries/joomla/session/session.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.session.session' );

Source Body

function restart()
{
        $this->destroy();
        if( $this->_state !==  'destroyed' ) {
                // @TODO :: generated error here
                return false;
        }

        // Re-register the session handler after a session has been destroyed, to avoid PHP bug
        $this->_store->register();

        $this->_state   =   'restart';
        //regenerate session id
        $id     =       $this->_createId( strlen( $this->getId() ) );
        session_id($id);
        $this->_start();
        $this->_state   =       'active';

        $this->_validate();
        $this->_setCounter();

        return true;
}

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