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Basic Session Handling in PHP

Start a session, store a value, and read it on the next request.

Author: chris

// Language: PHP

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

session_start([
    'cookie_httponly' => true,
    'cookie_secure'   => true,
    'cookie_samesite' => 'Lax',
]);

$_SESSION['visits'] = ($_SESSION['visits'] ?? 0) + 1;

echo "You have visited {$_SESSION['visits']} times.";