PHP - session_save_path() Function

Definition and Usage

Sessions or session handling is a way to make the data available across various pages of a web application. The session_save_path() is used to set or retrieve the path where the current session data is saved.

Syntax

session_save_path([$path ] );

Parameters

Return Values

This function returns a string value representing the path of the directory in which the current session data is stored.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced in PHP Version 4 and works in all the later versions.

Example 1

Following example demonstrates the usage of the session_save_path() function.

One executing the above html file it will display the following message.

path: /data

Example 2

You can also set the session save path using this function as shown below −

This will produce the following output −

path: /data