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Description

Unset data from the session store

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Syntax

clear($name, $namespace= 'default')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$name		$name Name of variable
$namespace	'default'	$namespace Namespace to use, default to 'default'

Returns

mixed $value the value from session or NULL if not set

Defined in

libraries/joomla/session/session.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.session.session' );

Source Body

function clear( $name, $namespace = 'default' )
{
        $namespace = '__'.$namespace; //add prefix to namespace to avoid collisions

        if( $this->_state !== 'active' ) {
                // @TODO :: generated error here
                return null;
        }

        $value  =       null;
        if( isset( $_SESSION[$namespace][$name] ) ) {
                $value  =       $_SESSION[$namespace][$name];
                unset( $_SESSION[$namespace][$name] );
        }

        return $value;
}

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