note 29035 deleted from function.session-set-save-handler by danbrown

Note Submitter: Joe Wheeler ---- If you happen to want to build a session manager object you can set the handlers from inside the class. This helps to keep the class encapsulated which helps make it nice and reusable. class Session_manager { ... session_set_save_handler( array(& $this, 'session_open_method'), array(& $this, 'session_close_method'), array(& $this, 'session_read_method'), array(& $this, 'session_write_method'), array(& $this, 'session_destroy_method'), array(& $this, 'session_gc_method') ); ... } Each handler is identified by an array containing a self-reference to the instance (note the &) and a string identifying a method in the session manager class. Remember that the new operator passes back a copy of the object. This is important if you want to call session_set_save_handler() from inside the class constructor. You must remember to use another reference when you create the instance... $my_session_manager = & new Session_manager; Otherwise the session handlers will be assigned to an instance which is created by the new operator and NOT to the copy which is stored in the variable $my_session_manager.