Re: Sessions

> 2009/7/3 Luke <luke@...>
>
> > 2009/7/3 Daniel Brown <danbrown@...>
> >
> > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 23:27, Jason Carson<jason@...> wrote:
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > Do I have to add session_start() at the beginning of every page so
> > > > that the $_SESSION variables work on all pages or do I use
> > > > session_start()
> >
> > on
> >
> > > > the first page and something else on other pages?
> > >
> > >     Yes, unless you're using session autoloading.  Also, in most
> > > cases, you will only need to call session_start() once (before
> > > referencing $_SESSION), even if $_SESSION is accessed in an included
> > > file.
> > >
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> > Some people have a file called init.php, which would contain
> > session_start(); as well as other things that need to be done every page
> > load (connect to the database perhaps?) and they just 'require' that at
> > the top of every page.
> >
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> > :O)
>
> Never thought of that. Sounds like quite a good idea.
> Can anyone tell me if there's any reason for not doing that, even on pages
> that do not require session data?
> Or perhaps use an htaccess file to server side include a file file to all
> files under an admin folder or something and another to destroy the
> session. I'm thinking of smaller, low-traffic sites.
> I know people are going to say, if they're small sites, why can't you only
> start sessions on the relevant pages but it sounds like it could work well
> for me.