How can different server environments affect the values stored in $_SESSION variables?

Different server environments can affect the values stored in $_SESSION variables due to differences in configuration settings such as session storage mechanisms, cookie settings, and server-side caching. To ensure consistent behavior across different server environments, it's important to set session configurations explicitly in your PHP code using session_set_cookie_params() and session_save_path() functions.

// Set session cookie parameters
session_set_cookie_params(0, '/', '.yourdomain.com', false, true);

// Set session save path
session_save_path('/path/to/session/directory');

// Start the session
session_start();