The sessionExplode function is used to "explode" session information from it's raw format (as stored in the "value" column of the jamroom_session table). PHP stores session information in a format that is similar to serialize(), but cannot be "unserialized" using PHP's unserialize() function - thus the need for sessionExplode() which will "explode" a session value into an array for further processing.

• return: Returns array of session value data

• string $val: Value to run sessionExplode on (normally would be "value" from jamroom_session table)