How can I troubleshoot and debug issues related to session and cookie management in PHP?

To troubleshoot and debug issues related to session and cookie management in PHP, you can start by checking if session_start() is called before any output is sent to the browser, ensuring that cookies are enabled in the browser settings, and verifying that the session.save_path in php.ini is writable. You can also use functions like session_id() to check the current session ID or setcookie() to manually set a cookie. 

// Check if session_start() is called before any output
if (!headers_sent()) {
    session_start();
}

// Check if cookies are enabled
if (isset($_COOKIE['test'])) {
    echo "Cookies are enabled.";
} else {
    echo "Cookies are disabled.";
}

// Check session ID
echo "Session ID: " . session_id();

// Manually set a cookie
setcookie('test', 'value', time() + 3600, '/');

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