Posted by Tim Van Wassenhove on 07/06/07 11:37

On 2006-01-17, Steve <ThisOne@Aint.Valid> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:17:03 +0000, Pedro Graca wrote:
>
>> camou wrote:
>>> I get this error message: A session had already been started - ignoring
>>> session_start().
>>>
>>> How can I check to see if a session was started already?
>>
>>
>> if (!session_id()) {
>> /* session not started */
>> }
> I thought it was
>
> if (session_id() == "")
> {
> /* session not started */
> }

There are some usercomments about that in the manual on
http://www.php.net/session_id

I prefer to do it as following:

if (!isset($_SESSION)) {
// session is not started.
}

As documented on http://www.php.net/session the global $_SESSION only becomes
available after the use of session_start();

--
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://timvw.madoka.be>

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