function _drupal_session_regenerate_existing in Drupal 7

Regenerates an existing session.

1 call to _drupal_session_regenerate_existing()

drupal_session_regenerate in includes/session.inc

Called when an anonymous user becomes authenticated or vice-versa.

File

includes/session.inc, line 456

User session handling functions.

Code

function _drupal_session_regenerate_existing() {
  global $user;

  // Preserve existing settings for the saving of sessions.
  $original_save_session_status = drupal_save_session();

  // Turn off saving of sessions.
  drupal_save_session(FALSE);
  session_write_close();
  drupal_session_started(FALSE);

  // Preserve the user object, as starting a new session will reset it.
  $original_user = $user;
  session_id(drupal_random_key());
  drupal_session_start();
  $user = $original_user;

  // Restore the original settings for the saving of sessions.
  drupal_save_session($original_save_session_status);
}