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&lt;?php

//  ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', true);             //in case it is not set in the php.ini file
    session_start();                                    //Obtain handle to session variables
    
    if (! $_SESSION['name'])                            //if there is no name saved in session                          
        header("Location: session_start.php");          //redirect to start session page
?>

&lt;html>
&lt;body bgcolor=lightyellow>
&lt;h1>Session Type&lt;/h1>

&lt;?php

    $duration = time() - $_SESSION['start_time'];       //compute session duration
    $visit    = $_SESSION['counter'];                   //number of time visited 

    if (! $_SESSION['start_time']) $duration = 0;

    print "Your session is using "; 

    if (SID)                                    //if SID var was create
        print "&lt;b>URL re-write&lt;/b>&lt;p>";         //session is using URL re-write
    else                                        //else
        print "&lt;b>cookies&lt;/b>&lt;p>";              //session is using cookies

    print "\n&lt;table border=2>";
    print "\n&lt;tr>&lt;td>&lt;b>session id:            &lt;td>" . session_id();
    print "\n&lt;tr>&lt;td>&lt;b>cookie PHPSESSID:      &lt;td>" . $_COOKIE['PHPSESSID'];
    print "\n&lt;tr>&lt;td>&lt;b>URL session string:    &lt;td>" . SID;
    print "\n&lt;tr>&lt;td>&lt;b>You've been active for:&lt;td>" . $duration . " seconds"; 
    print "\n&lt;tr>&lt;td>&lt;b>You have visited:      &lt;td>" . $visit    . " times";    
    print "\n&lt;tr>&lt;td>&lt;b>Content of the _SESSION array &lt;td>";
    print_r($_SESSION);    
    print "\n&lt;/table>&lt;br>";
?>

&lt;br>
&lt;a href=session_use.php>Click&lt;/a> to continue session

&lt;br>&lt;br>
&lt;form action=session_xit.php>
&lt;input type=submit value="End Session">
&lt;/form>

&lt;?php include "../include.php"; ?>              &lt;!-- hyperlink to see the code -->
&lt;/body>
&lt;/html>
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