Where is session_start()?

I am wondering where the php session_start() function call is located within the scripts. The reason I need to know is because I am trying to integrate jCart ( http://conceptlogic.com/jcart/install.php ) with Dolphin 7 and part of the integration states that I must include the following script on every page on which I want to display the shopping cart:

<?php

// INCLUDE JCART BEFORE SESSION START
include "jcart/jcart.php";

// START SESSION
session_start();

// INITIALIZE JCART AFTER SESSION START
$cart =& $_SESSION["jcart"]; if(!is_object($cart)) $cart = new jcart();

?>

Maybe I just need to know what php script is called by every page on my Dolphin 7 site, then I can put this code there.

Thank you for your help.

root/inc/header.inc.php  might be a good place to start looking ?

As far as i know, php sessions are not used by dolphin. So you won't find a session_start() anywhere.

well there you have it then  :)

Thanks for your response, deano. If it does not use php session then how does it manage sessions, especially when a user is logged in? I'm not doubting you, but ver curious as to how these sessions are being managed.

Thanks dolphin_jay, I am looking at the file you mentioned right now.

there is no session for the logged in users, that is why users appear to be online for xx minutes even after they have logged out.

Regards,

DosDawg

Dosdawg,

I understand there is no session being kept for logged in users. However, how does the system know when a user is logged in from page to page on the site? There might not be a PHP session being kept, but there must be some other type of session nonetheless. I am very curious about how Boonex maintains sessions.

It's done with a cookie. When a member logs in a the cookie memberID is set to match their member id. The cookie remains until the browser is closed. Cookie is removed if they manually logout.

Dolphin determines if the member is logged in on each page by either checking the cookie, or calling the islogged function which basically just checks the cookie.