Is it recommended to use JavaScript to maintain session activity in PHP scripts, or are there better alternatives?

It is not recommended to use JavaScript to maintain session activity in PHP scripts as it can be unreliable and insecure. PHP provides built-in session management functions that should be used instead. To maintain session activity in PHP scripts, you can use session_start() at the beginning of each script to start or resume a session.

<?php
session_start();

// Your PHP code here
?>