PHP Sessions Explained: A Complete Tutorial on Using PHP Sessions
This video demonstrates a complete tutorial on PHP session. A session is a way to store and manage user-specific information across requests. It involves assigning a unique ID to each client and storing data on the server. This maintains state for users, such as login status or shopping cart contents. In programming, it refers to a period of interaction between a user and a system, commonly used in web development for managing user data across requests.
🎞️ TABLE OF CONTENTS 🎬
0:00 Introduction
0:18 What is a session?
0:44 How do sessions work?
1:27 PHP session explanation
2:00 How to start a session in PHP
2:38 How session cookies work
4:05 How to change the default session name in PHP
6:06 How to auto-start a session in PHP
7:05 How to change session expiry time in PHP
8:15 How to set session variables in PHP
9:30 How to check and debug session variables
12:16 How to modify session data in PHP
13:43 How to destroy a session in PHP
17:29 Define conditions for logged-in and not logged-in users with session
21:42 Simulate logged-in and not logged-in user with session
22:39 End Screen
💻 SOURCE CODE ⬇️
📂 GitHub: https://github.com/saeedkohansal/PHP-...
📂 Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SofN...
⏯️ By watching this video, you will learn:
🔴 The essentials of PHP sessions, including how to create and manage them to maintain user state across web requests.
🟢 You'll gain practical knowledge on starting sessions, handling session cookies, setting and debugging session variables, and more.
🔵 The guide also covers advanced topics like customizing session names, auto-starting sessions, adjusting session expiry times, and simulating different user states.
🟡 Plus, you'll have access to the source code to practice and implement what you've learned.
💡 REFERENCES
🔗 https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserve...
🔗 https://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.ses...
🔗 https://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.s...
🔗 https://www.php.net/manual/en/session...
🔗 https://www.php.net/manual/en/session...
🔗 https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ses...
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