Are there best practices for managing session data in PHP to prevent errors like the one described in the forum thread?

The issue described in the forum thread is likely caused by improper handling of session data in PHP, leading to conflicts or overwriting of session variables. To prevent such errors, it is recommended to use session_start() at the beginning of each PHP script that needs to access session data, and to properly set, retrieve, and unset session variables using $_SESSION superglobal array. 

<?php
session_start();

// Set session variable
$_SESSION['user_id'] = 123;

// Retrieve session variable
$user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];

// Unset session variable
unset($_SESSION['user_id']);
?>

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session data PHP errors management prevention

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