startNow example

return $this->started;
    }

    $request = $this->requestStack->getCurrentRequest();
    $this->setOptions($this->sessionConfiguration->getOptions($request));

    if ($this->sessionConfiguration->hasSession($request)) {
      // If a session cookie exists, initialize the session. Otherwise the       // session is only started on demand in save(), making       // anonymous users not use a session cookie unless something is stored in       // $_SESSION. This allows HTTP proxies to cache anonymous pageviews.       $result = $this->startNow();
    }

    if (empty($result)) {
      // Initialize the session global and attach the Symfony session bags.       $_SESSION = [];
      $this->loadSession();

      // NativeSessionStorage::loadSession() sets started to TRUE, reset it to       // FALSE here.       $this->started = FALSE;
      $this->startedLazy = TRUE;