Where do the $_SESSION values get stored in php?

saved in [session.save-path]. The file format is so simple, session data is stored in clear text, with ";" as delimiters. If you want to change where session data is stored, you can modify the session.save_path setting in \php\php.ini. Usually its saved on "/tmp"

NO CHANGE ALLREADY FILLIN

The location of the $_SESSION variable storage is determined by PHP's session.save_path configuration. Usually this is /tmp on a Linux/Unix system. Use the phpinfo() function to view your particular settings if not 100% sure by creating a file with this content in the DocumentRoot of your domain: <? phpinfo() ?> Here is the link to the PHP documentation on this configuration setting: http://us.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.save-path

The location of the $_SESSION variable storage is determined by PHP's session.save_path configuration. Usually this is /tmp on a Linux/Unix system.

open php.ini then go to session.save_path then it will be like session.save_path = "C:/DOCUME~1/user/LOCALS~1/Temp" the sessions stored in this file , you can change it

we can use  $_SESSION['sessio_name]

In Zend Frame work

 

$nameSpaceName = new Zend_Session_Namespace('namesapcename');

$valueIs =  $nameSpaceName->sessionName ; 

 

 

On the server.

The $_SESSION generally stored on server. Developer can handle $_SESSION storage. By phpinfo() it can be seen where $_SESSION is presently stored by examining session.save_path. and session.save_handler can be used to configure $_SESSION and session_set_save_handler can be used to control how sessions get saved on the server. By default sessions are saved to files.

$_SESSION is one of the 9 super global arrays...it is stored in webserver where  as $_COOKIES stored in web browser

$_SESSION variable alsways gets stored on the server side

Sessions are used to store value at server side.

A session creates a file in a temporary directory on the server where registered session variables and their values are stored. This data will be available to all pages on the site during that visit.The location of the temporary file is determined by a setting in the php.ini file called session.save_path.