What are the implications of changing the session path on session garbage collection in PHP?

Changing the session path in PHP can affect session garbage collection because the default session garbage collection process relies on the session path to clean up expired sessions. If the session path is changed, the garbage collection process may not be able to properly clean up expired sessions, leading to potential security risks and performance issues. To address this issue, you can manually set the session save path and handle session garbage collection yourself by periodically cleaning up expired sessions using a custom script. 

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

// Start session
session_start();

// Perform custom session garbage collection to clean up expired sessions
$expiredTime = 3600; // 1 hour
$files = glob(session_save_path() . '/*');
foreach ($files as $file) {
    if (filemtime($file) < (time() - $expiredTime)) {
        unlink($file);
    }
}

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