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Piyush
Piyush

Reputation: 4007

How to store variable in session codeigniter

I would like to store the variable in the session currently i am tryin like this but not working.

In Controller

<?php
session_start(); 
$_SESSION['myvar']='myvalue';
?>

Upvotes: 6

Views: 44093

Answers (4)

David Martin
David Martin

Reputation: 29

I consider storing my session data in a controller. So this is how you should go about storing and retrieving session data

  1. Use autoload in your config.php files. It saves you time and load time
autoload['libraries'] = ('session);
  1. In your controller.php create an array to store your session data.
$new_data = array( 'username' => 'martin', 
                   'email' => '[email protected]', 
                   'user_logged => TRUE );

$this->session->set_userdata($new_data);
  1. Then this is how to call your session data(create a variable and assign it the value of one of the session data you need):
$username = $this->session->userdata('username');

For further reference visit codeigniter user_guide/sessions

Upvotes: 2

maxime1992
maxime1992

Reputation: 23793

Simple :

First, load this library

$this->load->library('session');

Then, to add some informations in session :

$newdata = array(
                   'username'  => 'johndoe',
                   'email'     => '[email protected]',
                   'logged_in' => TRUE
               );

$this->session->set_userdata($newdata);

Next, if you want to get values : 

$session_id = $this->session->userdata('session_id');

And to remove : 

$this->session->unset_userdata('some_name');

A simple search "codeigniter session" could have help you ...

https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/sessions.html

Don't forget to upvote and mark as solved if you find this useful :)

Upvotes: 12

Rahil Wazir
Rahil Wazir

Reputation: 10132

You don't have to set the session the PHP way.

CodeIgnter has its on Session Class

Load the session library:

$this->load->library('session');

To set session data:

$this->session->set_userdata('some_name', 'some_value');

To retrieve session data:

$this->session->userdata('some_name');

To remove session data:

$this->session->unset_userdata('some_name');

Upvotes: 16

user3470953
user3470953

Reputation: 11315

Codeigniter

set in session 

$newdata = array(
                   'username'  => 'johndoe',
                   'email'     => '[email protected]',
                   'logged_in' => TRUE
               );

$this->session->set_userdata($newdata);

retrieve from session

$this->session->userdata('username');

Upvotes: 1

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