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$username = $_SESSION[‘username’];
echo “Welcome back, $username!”;
}
else
{
echo “Session not found!”;
}
?>
</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 8: Encoding and decoding session variables
I Encoding session variables
1 Open the text editor
2 Write the following codes
<html>
<body>
<?php
// Start the session
session_start();
$username = ‘JohnDoe’;
//encode using base64_encode()
$encodedUsername = base64_encode($username);
$_SESSION[‘encoded_username’] = $encodedUsername;?>
</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
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