<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Initialize session</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="sessionhandlerinterface.gc.html">SessionHandlerInterface::gc</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="sessionhandlerinterface.read.html">SessionHandlerInterface::read</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.sessionhandlerinterface.html">SessionHandlerInterface</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="sessionhandlerinterface.open" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">SessionHandlerInterface::open</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.4.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SessionHandlerInterface::open</span> — <span class="dc-title">Initialize session</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-sessionhandlerinterface.open-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="modifier">abstract</span> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SessionHandlerInterface::open</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$save_path</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Re-initialize existing session, or creates a new one. Called when a session starts or when <span class="function"><a href="function.session-start.html" class="function">session_start()</a></span> is invoked. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-sessionhandlerinterface.open-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">save_path</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The path where to store/retrieve the session. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">name</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The session name. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-sessionhandlerinterface.open-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> The return value (usually <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure). Note this value is returned internally to PHP for processing. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-sessionhandlerinterface.open-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.session-name.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">session_name()</a> - Get and/or set the current session name</span></li> <li class="member"> The <a href="session.configuration.html#ini.session.auto-start" class="link">session.auto-start</a> configuration directive. </li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="sessionhandlerinterface.gc.html">SessionHandlerInterface::gc</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="sessionhandlerinterface.read.html">SessionHandlerInterface::read</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.sessionhandlerinterface.html">SessionHandlerInterface</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>