Re: session_reset() and session_abort() to send errors

From: Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:54:22 +0000
Subject: Re: session_reset() and session_abort() to send errors
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Hi Andrey, On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Andrey Andreev <narf@devilix.net> wrote: > From what I understand, session_reset() not only discards changes to > $_SESSION and not just re-reads the data, but re-initializes the whole > session. This includes calls to open(), read(), which include opening > file pointers, setting locks, checking session ID validity, etc. I > don't know how safe that is to do internally, but with a userland > session handler, it means discarding previously open connections/file > pointers, locks and whoever knows what else a developer might've > cached, assuming that open(), read() would only be called once. > It would've also been better IMO if the function was called > session_restart() instead, because of the above-described behavior. > It's safe. Don't worry. As always, I prefer better names. Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohgaki@ohgaki.net

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