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<h1 class="refname">session_decode</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">session_decode</span> — <span class="dc-title">Decodes session data from a session encoded string</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>session_decode</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
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<span class="function"><strong>session_decode()</strong></span> decodes the serialized session data provided in
<code class="parameter">$data</code>, and populates the $_SESSION superglobal
with the result.
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By default, the unserialization method used is internal to PHP, and is not the same as <span class="function"><a href="function.unserialize.html" class="function">unserialize()</a></span>.
The serialization method can be set using <a href="session.configuration.html#ini.session.serialize-handler" class="link">session.serialize_handler</a>.
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<code class="parameter">data</code></dt>
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The encoded data to be stored.
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.session-encode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">session_encode()</a> - Encodes the current session data as a session encoded string</span></li>
<li class="member"><a href="session.configuration.html#ini.session.serialize-handler" class="link">session.serialize_handler</a></li>
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