--TEST-- Test session_set_save_handler() : inheritance --INI-- session.save_handler=files session.name=PHPSESSID --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- i; return parent::open($path, $name); } public function read($key) { ++$this->i; return parent::read($key); } } class MySession4 extends MySession3 { public function write($id, $data) { $this->i = "hai"; return parent::write($id, $data); } } $handler = new MySession3; session_set_save_handler($handler); session_start(); $_SESSION['foo'] = "hello"; session_write_close(); session_unset(); session_start(); var_dump($_SESSION, $handler->i); session_write_close(); session_unset(); $handler = new MySession4; session_set_save_handler($handler); session_start(); $_SESSION['bar'] = 'hello'; session_write_close(); session_unset(); var_dump(session_id(), $_SESSION, $handler->i); --EXPECTF-- *** Testing session_set_save_handler() : inheritance *** array(1) { ["foo"]=> string(5) "hello" } int(4) string(%d) "%s" array(2) { ["foo"]=> string(5) "hello" ["bar"]=> string(5) "hello" } string(3) "hai"