Technical Services on the Net: Where Are We Now? A Comparative Study of Sixty Web Sites of Academic Libraries

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Main Authors:	Wang, Jianrong, Gao, Vera
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	2004
Subjects:	Comparative Analysis Public Service Content Analysis Academic Libraries Library Services Web Sites Library Role
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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// Anecdotal testing Today and Yesterday seems to indicate destroy() // is called by the garbage collector and everything is good. // Something to keep in mind though. return 0; } /** * Write function that is called when session data is to be saved. * * @param string $sessId The current session ID * @param string $data The session data to write * * @return bool */ public function write($sessId, $data): bool { if ($this->writesDisabled) { return true; } return $this->saveSession($sessId, $data); } /** * A function that is called internally when session data is to be saved. * * @param string $sessId The current session ID * @param string $data The session data to write * * @return bool */ abstract protected function saveSession($sessId, $data): bool; }

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