How to use sessions in Joomla! 1.5 using the Joomla! API?

Question: How to use sessions in Joomla! 1.5 using the Joomla! API

Answer:

• This can be obtained using the JFactory/getSession object
• Instantiate the getSession object

  $session =& JFactory::getSession();

  There are a couple of parameters that you can pass with this object. They are
  • name - The session name
  • id - Unique ID of the session
  • expire - Expiry date and time
  • security - Comma seperated security options, have a look at JSession
• Now we set the session

  $session->set( 'mySession', 'sessionValue' );

• We get the session variable as follows

  $session->get( 'mySession' );

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