This class is intended to allow easy session handling. It has a few methods:

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SessionHandler($myDomain,$path,$failURL,$sName="")

Purpose: Constructor for the class

$myDomain : the domain name for which the cookie variable must be set
$path	  : the path for which the coocki will be set
$failURL  : an URL to be redirected to if a session can not be initialized
$sName    : the session name. Will be used for global vars. It allows to instantiate multiple sessions

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function NoSessions() 

Purpose   : Redirect to a fail URL

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function Start() {

Purpose   : Starts the session

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function SetVariable($varname,$initval) 

Purpose   : Sets a session variable

$varname  : the variable name
$initval  : initial value for that variable

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function GetVariable($varname) 

Purpose   : retrieves the value from a session variable

$varname  : the variable name
	
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function UnsetVariable($varname) 


Purpose   : Unsets a session Variable

$varname  : the variable to unset

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function SavePath($newPath="") 

Purpose   : Sets the session save directory, where the cookie files will be saved

$newPath  : the directory. Parent directory must be writable by apache's user

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function Destroy() 

Purpose   : Frees the session instance


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A common use for this class would be:

<?

include("clsSessionHandler.php");
$mySessionHandler=new SessionHandler("http://www.mydomain.com","/","nosession.php","");
	
if ($mySessionHandler->SavePath("/tmp/mydomain.com-Sessions")) {
    $mySessionHandler->Start();
}

if ($mySessionHandler->getVariable("myname")=="") {
    $mySessionHandler->setVariable("myname","I'm a session");
    header("location: $PHP_SELF");
} else {
    echo $mySessionHandler->getVariable("myname"); 
}

?>