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session_module_name

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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Get and/or set the current session module

Description

session_module_name(string|null $module = null): string|false

session_module_name() gets the name of the current session module, which is also known as session.save_handler.

module: If module is specified and not null, that module will be used instead. Passing "user" to this parameter is forbidden. Instead session_set_save_handler() has to be called to set a user defined session handler.

Returns the name of the current session module, Falseforfailure.

Version	Description
8.0.0	`module` is nullable now.
7.2.0	It is now explicitly forbidden to set the module name to `"user"`. Formerly, this has been silently ignored.

Source: reference/session/functions/session-module-name.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)