a()</span></code> method redudant and therefore it is now just an alias for
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">userdata()</span></code> with the above shown usage and is being deprecated and scheduled for removal
in CodeIgniter 3.1+.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">This method is still available, but you’re strongly encouraged to remove its usage
sooner rather than later.</p>
</div>
</div>
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