What is the difference between session_unset() and session_destroy() in PHP?

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session_unset just clears the $_SESSION variable. It’s equivalent to doing:

$_SESSION = array();

So this does only affect the local $_SESSION variable instance but not the session data in the session storage.

In contrast to that, session_destroy destroys the session data that is stored in the session storage (e.g. the session file in the file system).

Everything else remains unchanged.

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