how to reference a session variable within a file outside of Controller, Model or View ?

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how to reference a session variable within a file outside of Controller, Model or View ?

pheromix Nov '15

Created Nov '15	Last Reply Nov '15	Replies 4	Views 755	Votes 0

pheromix 7.2k

Nov '15

I set a session variable inside a controller :

$this->session->set("navig_param",$livc_code);

Now I want to test if that session variable is not empty inside a php file outside of the Controller domain, Model domain and View domain. In fact this file is in a particular folder named lib at the same level as controllers, models and views. So how to test the session variable in this php file ?

Visar Hoxha · Answer 1 · 2015-11-23T02:39:14-07:00

Unless you are 'using' a Phalcon related class you can use vanilla php to access the session variable. Check like this:

    if(isset($_SESSION['navig_param']) && !empty($_SESSION['navig_param'])) {
        // Do Awesome Things
    }

Jimmy Chandra · Answer 2 · 2015-11-23T06:45:49-07:00

This link might help you: https://docs.phalcon.io/en/latest/reference/session.html

if ($this->session->has('navig_param')) {
   $livc_code = $this->session->get('navig_param');
}

Magnus · Answer 3 · 2015-11-23T09:55:46-07:00

This should be helpful outside the controller

$session = \Phalcon\Di::getDefault()->get('session');
if($session->has('navig_param')){
    $value = $session->navig_param;
}

Dylan Anderson · Answer 4 · 2015-11-24T11:24:08-07:00

I can't stress how much @vhoxha08's answer makes sense. Phalcon (and likely most other frameworks) doesn't re-invent the wheel when it comes to sessions - it just piggybacks on the built-in session functionality. There's no reason not to use vanilla PHP for this.