[PHP-DOC] cvs: phpdoc /en/functions session.xml

[jim winstead]

jimw            Fri Dec  7 15:30:55 2001 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /phpdoc/en/functions        session.xml 
  Log:
  session_start: incorporate notes
  
Index: phpdoc/en/functions/session.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/functions/session.xml:1.59 phpdoc/en/functions/session.xml:1.60
--- phpdoc/en/functions/session.xml:1.59        Thu Dec  6 20:12:34 2001
+++ phpdoc/en/functions/session.xml     Fri Dec  7 15:30:55 2001
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.59 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.60 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.session">
   <title>Session handling functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Sessions</titleabbrev>
@@ -357,13 +357,21 @@
     <simpara>
      <function>session_start</function> creates a session (or resumes
      the current one based on the session id being passed via a GET
-     variable or a cookie).</simpara>
+     variable or a cookie).
+    </simpara>
+    <simpara>
+     If you want to use a named session, you must call
+     <function>session_name</function> before calling
+     <function>session_start</function>.
+    </simpara>
     <simpara>
      This function always returns &true;.
     </simpara>
     <note>
      <para>
-      This function was added in PHP 4.0.
+      If you are using cookie-based sessions, you must call
+      <function>session_start</function> before anything is output to the
+      browser.
      </para>
     </note>
    </refsect1>