# session_is_registered

(PHP 4, PHP 5 < 5.4.0)

session_is_registered — Find out whether a global variable is registered in a session

### Description

session_is_registered ( string `$name` ) : bool

Finds out whether a global variable is registered in a session.

Warning

This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED as of PHP 5.4.0.

### Parameters

`name`

  The variable name.

### Return Values

session_is_registered() returns `TRUE` if there is a global variable with the name `name` registered in the current session, `FALSE` otherwise.

### Notes

> Note:

> If $_SESSION is used, use isset() to check a variable is registered in $_SESSION.

Caution

If you are using $_SESSION (or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS), do not use session_register(), session_is_registered() and session_unregister().