{"id":128441,"date":"2023-05-04T17:45:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T12:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?page_id=128441"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:03:28","slug":"session-basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/session-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Session Basics in PHP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Session Basics in PHP<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In PHP, sessions are a way to store information about a user across multiple requests. Sessions work by generating a unique session ID for each user, which is then used to store session data on the server. 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