Author Topic: CRM_Core_Session... Should I set my session variables to CRM_Core_Session (Read 1308 times)

awasson · December 21, 2012, 04:50:36 pm

Hi there,

I'm spending the holidays (and the last month or so), really getting to know civiCRM as much as I can so I can build useful and unobtrusive extensions.

Every now and again, I need to set or get a session variable and in my current project there are a couple of session variables which I am dealing with like any PHP session. Would it be a better practice to put them in the CRM_Core_Session object for safe keeping?

Thanks,
Andrew

xavier · December 22, 2012, 02:09:30 am

Hi,

I don't think it matter much, as the CMS is storing session data too to use one or the other.

I tend to use $session = CRM_Core_Session::singleton(); but more often than not, it's to access an existing variable, not so store a new one.

X+

awasson · December 22, 2012, 11:36:53 am

Hi xavier,

Yes, I was using $session = CRM_Core_Session::singleton(); to access data about the current user and thought that since it is a proper object with protected data, it might be a good place as any to store my session data as well. I just wasn't sure about whether it would go against "best practices" when it comes to extensions. I'm just storing simple numbers.

Thanks,
Andrew

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