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How to check if a PHP session is empty?

To check if a PHP session is empty, you can use the empty() function.

To check if a PHP session is empty, you can use the empty() function. For example:

How to check if a PHP session is empty?

<?php
session_start();

if (empty($_SESSION)) {
  // The session is empty
}
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Alternatively, you can check if the $_SESSION array has a count of zero:

How to check if the $_SESSION array is empty in PHP?

<?php
session_start();

if (count($_SESSION) == 0) {
  // The session is empty
}

Note that $_SESSION is always defined, but it will only contain data after calling session_start().