RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: session_start read_only

> -----Original Message----- > From: yohgaki@gmail.com [mailto:yohgaki@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > Yasuo Ohgaki > Sent: 01 April 2014 07:19 > > It is a design problem, but the 'read_only' name is highly > misleading > > (especially for an option to session_start()), which is a language > > (design) level issue. It's a nice feature, but should be > accessible > > through better API. > > > > It's good enough name. IMO. I renamed it to "read_and_close", > though. > > read_only (or read_and_close) - Read and initialize $_SESSION, then > close > session immediately. > > It wouldn't cause much trouble. AFAIK, you think it's misleading. > What others think? As a developer using PHP, I completely agree with Andrey on this point -- it was my immediate reaction on reading the original proposal. A call to session_start() that doesn't actually fully start a session is utterly misleading and wrong -- this need (if there is one, of which I'm not convinced) should be filled by a new function named something like session_read(), or session_load(), or even session_get_values(). Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, 403a Leslie Silver Building, City Campus, Leeds Metropolitan University, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS, LS1 3ES, United Kingdom E: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk T: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm