session_abort

(PHP 5 >= 5.6.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

session_abort — Discard session array changes and finish session

Description

session_abort(): bool

session_abort() finishes session without saving data. Thus the original values in session data are kept.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version	Description
7.2.0	The return type of this function is bool now. Formerly, it has been void.

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parsa dot mhn at outlook dot com ¶

9 years ago

To better understand this function you should execute this code first :

<?php
    // First of all choose your path , For e.g. C:/session
    session_save_path('Your Path here !');
    
    session_start();
    
    // Define a Session Variable
    $_SESSION['Key'] = 'value' ;
    
    Var_dump(session_status() == PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE);
    
    // Output : bool(True) , it means you have an open session !
?>

Then you should execute this code :

<?php
    // Choose the path that you used it in first part  
    session_save_path('Your path here');
    
    session_start();
    
    // If you want to close session and keep your original data in your path , you should use session_abort()
    session_abort();
    
    var_dump(session_status()== PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE);
    
    // Output : bool(False) , it means your session closed .
?>

So if you have an open session , session_abort() will simply close it without effecting the external session data , so you can reload your data again from your path that you chose .