Re: PHP_SESSION_* constant values
| From: | Sanford Whiteman | Date: | Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:14:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP_SESSION_* constant values | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.internals |
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> I believe comparing the value against a constant, is always more
> readable than wondering what "truthy" means. if(session_status() ===
> PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE) is much self-documenting than the proposed change.
... also an obvious BC break for anyone who was using the values
instead of the constants before. Not that anyone should ever do this,
but the change presupposes that people *do* use the values, so it
basically contradicts its own acceptability as it is a breaking
change!
-- S.