Re: [PHP] Custom Session usind MySQL

Manisha Sathe wrote:
> I want the session to be accessed from different websites, so i got the
> answer in this forum only to make use of customised session with mysql.
>
> I searched the web and came to know that 'session.save_handler' of php.ini
> needs to be as 'user' but instead, on my server it is 'files'. As server is
> a shared server so i may not be able to change it, what can i do to resolve
> this ?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Manisha
>

You have to use session_set_save_handler() to register your session
handling functions. One thing I would point out is that you need to lock
the session storage, in this case one row in a table. As mysql cannot
lock a row, only whole table, I would sugest you use GET_LOCK and
RELEASE_LOCK mysql functions (with session id as the lock name) to
implement session locking.