How does the PHP garbage collector impact session file management, and what should be considered when using session data and cookies?

The PHP garbage collector can impact session file management by potentially deleting session files before they are intended to be deleted. To address this issue, it is important to properly configure the session garbage collection settings and consider using session cookies to store session data instead of relying solely on file-based storage. 

// Configure session garbage collection settings
ini_set('session.gc_probability', 1);
ini_set('session.gc_divisor', 100);

// Use session cookies to store session data
ini_set('session.use_cookies', 1);
ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', 1);

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PHP garbage collector session file management session data cookies memory management

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