On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Justin Martin <frozenf...@php.net> wrote:
> Someone actually just pointed out to me that if(-1) returns true. In that
> case, I suppose my suggestion doesn't quite work.
>
> The reason I suggest this is that I suspect people will constantly be
> looking up what the constants are called.

Encouraging people to check the manual is a good thing.

As the constants are being used the user doesn't need to consult the
manual at all as PHP_SESSION_DISABLED is very self-documenting.

Again, a -1 from me.

- Paul.

>
> On 12-01-28 11:17 AM, Justin Martin wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> For the result of session_status(), the corresponding constants for the
>> sessions state are
>>
>> - PHP_SESSION_DISABLED = 0
>> - PHP_SESSION_NONE = 1
>> - PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE = 2
>>
>> I'd like to suggest we change these values to
>>
>> - PHP_SESSION_DISABLED = -1
>> - PHP_SESSION_NONE = 0
>> - PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE = 1
>>
>> This way, one can do if(session_status()) to check if there is an active
>> session, rather than having to compare the result to a constant.
>>
>> Any objections?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Justin Martin
>
>
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