Interview Questions & Answers

To start a session:
– session_start()
– Creates a session identifier
– Session identifier is passed between client and server either as a Cookie, or in GET parameters
Then, can create, access, and modify session variables:
– $_SESSION[session_var_name] = value;
– $_SESSION is only available once you call session_start()
– $local_variable = $_SESSION[session_var_name];
– Can check if session variable is set by using isset();
To end a session:
– session_destroy();