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Defined in

libraries/joomla/session/session.php

Subpackage

Session

Extends

JObject

Methods

Method name	Description
__construct	Constructor.
__destruct	Session object destructor.
clear	Unset data from the session store.
close	Writes session data and ends session.
destroy	Frees all session variables and destroys all data registered to a session.
fork	Create a new session and copy variables from the old one.
get	Get data from the session store.
getExpire	Get expiration time in minutes.
getId	Get session id.
getName	Get session name.
getState	Get current state of session.
getToken	Get a session token, if a token isn't set yet one will be generated.
has	Check whether data exists in the session store.
hasToken	Method to determine if a token exists in the session.
isNew	Check whether this session is currently created.
restart	Restart an expired or locked session.
set	Set data into the session store.
getFormToken	Method to determine a hash for anti-spoofing variable names.
getInstance	Returns the global Session object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.
getStores	Get the session handlers.
_createId	Create a session id.
_createToken	Create a token-string.
_setCookieParams	Set session cookie parameters.
_setCounter	Set counter of session usage.
_setOptions	set additional session options
_setTimers	Set the session timers.
_start	Start a session.
_validate	Do some checks for security reason.

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.session.session' );

See also

• Other versions of this class

Examples

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