<?php
function read( $id ) {
  	// Set empty result
   	$data = '';
   	// Fetch session data from the selected database
    $time = time();
    $newid = $this->mdb2->escape($id);
    $sql = "SELECT data FROM cake_sessions WHERE id = '$newid' AND expires > $time";
    $res =& $this->mdb2->query($sql);

    if (PEAR::isError($res)) {
    	die($this->mdb2->getMessage());
		}

    if($res->numRows() > 0) {
    	$row = $res->fetchRow();
    	$data = $row['data'];
    }
    return $data;
}