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TASK 4: Starting a session
1 Open the text editor
2 Write the following codes
<html>
<body>
<?php
// Start the session
session_start();
echo”Session started with this id : “. session_id();
// Now you can set session variables
$_SESSION[‘username’] = ‘example_user’;
$_SESSION[‘is_logged_in’] = true;
?>
</body>
</html>
3 Save the program in C:\Apache24\htdocs in a folder with .php extension
4 Run the Apache services from windows services
5 Open the browser and type the following address
http://localhost/foldername/
6 Click the php file to run and verify the output
TASK 5: Working with session variables
1 Open the text editor
2 Write the following codes
<html>
<body>
<?php
// Start the session
session_start();
// Set session variables
$_SESSION[‘username’] = ‘john_doe’;
$_SESSION[‘user_email’] = ‘john@example.com’;
// Access session variables
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CITS : IT & ITES - Computer Software Application - Exercise 54
