Title: WP_Session_Tokens::update
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Session_Tokens::update( string $token, array $session )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/update/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/update/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/update/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/update/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Updates the data for the session with the given token.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/update/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$token`stringrequired

Session token to update.

`$session`arrayrequired

Session information.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/update/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    final public function update( $token, $session ) {
    	$verifier = $this->hash_token( $token );
    	$this->update_session( $verifier, $session );
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/update/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Session_Tokens::update_session()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/update_session/)`wp-includes/class-wp-session-tokens.php` |

Updates a session based on its verifier (token hash).

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| [WP_Session_Tokens::hash_token()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/hash_token/)`wp-includes/class-wp-session-tokens.php` |

Hashes the given session token for storage.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Session_Tokens::create()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/create/)`wp-includes/class-wp-session-tokens.php` |

Generates a session token and attaches session information to it.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/update/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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