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<h1 class="refname">session_save_path</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">session_save_path</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get and/or set the current session save path</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>session_save_path</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$path</code></span>
] )</div>
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<span class="function"><strong>session_save_path()</strong></span> returns the path of the current
directory used to save session data.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">path</code></em></span>
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Session data path. If specified, the path to which data is saved will
be changed. <span class="function"><strong>session_save_path()</strong></span> needs to be called
before <span class="function"><a href="function.session-start.html" class="function">session_start()</a></span> for that purpose.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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On some operating systems, you may want to specify a path on a
filesystem that handles lots of small files efficiently. For example,
on Linux, reiserfs may provide better performance than ext2fs.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the path of the current directory used for data storage.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.session-save-path-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member">
The <a href="session.configuration.html#ini.session.save-path" class="link">session.save_path</a>
configuration directive
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