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Do I need to write a custom session class for CodeIgniter?



I cannot seem to get CI's session library to function the way I want it to. Essentially, I am storing 2 different categories of data within the sessions. The data within the 2 categories may contain the same value. Right now my attempt to add a key => value pair to the session is failing, as it is only allowing 1 key => value pair to be associated with the array. It overrides itself each time I do a post.







$arr = array(

'favorite_products' => array(),

'viewed_products' => array()

);





$arr["favorite_products"][] = $fav_id;





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







This is what the array looks when I print_r it:







Array ( [favorite_products] => Array ( [4f1066c2b7fff] => 1648406 ) [viewed_products] => Array ( ))







Am I doing something wrong, or is this just the way CI's session library works?


Comments

  1. Make sure you are destroying your session between attempts, but this code should work just fine...

    $arr = array(
    'favorite_products' => array(),
    'viewed_products' => array()
    );


    $arr["favorite_products"][] = $fav_id;
    $arr["favorite_products"][] = 033333; // another id


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


    should give you...

    Array (
    [favorite_products] => Array (
    [0] => 1648406,
    [1] => 033333
    ),
    [viewed_products] => Array ()
    )


    If you are trying to do this between requests...

    // if it doesn't already exist in the session, create an empty array.
    if( ! ($favorite_products = $this->session->get_userdata("favorite_products")))
    {
    $favorite_products = array();
    }

    $favorite_products[] = "new id or info";

    $this->session->set_userdata("favorite_products", $favorite_products);

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