php man page for session_decode

SESSION_DECODE(3)							 1							 SESSION_DECODE(3)

session_decode - Decodes session data from a session encoded string

SYNOPSIS
       bool session_decode (string  $data)

DESCRIPTION
       session_decode(3) decodes the serialized session data provided in $data, and populates the $_SESSION superglobal with the result.

	Please note the unserialization method is not the same as unserialize(3). The serialization method is internal to PHP and can be set using
       session.serialize_handler.

PARAMETERS
	      o $data
		- The encoded data to be stored.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

SEE ALSO
       session_encode(3), session.serialize_handler.

PHP Documentation Group 													 SESSION_DECODE(3)