session_encode

Function • Return type changed in PHP 8.0

Encodes the current session data as a session encoded string.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

PHP 8.2-8.3

PHP 8.4

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

`session_encode` Function synopsis

session_encode(): string|false

Parameters

session_encode does not take any parameters.

Return value

Typestring|false

Returns the contents of the current session encoded, or false on failure.

Changes to the `session_encode` Function

PHP 8.0

Return type added: string|false

- session_encode()
+ session_encode(): string|false

`session_encode` Function Availability

PHP Version	Availability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release	Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest)	Yes
PHP 8.4Supported	Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported	Yes