$session API variable / Session class

Maintains sessions in ProcessWire, authentication, persistent variables, notices and redirects.

Click any linked item for full usage details and examples. Hookable methods are indicated with the icon. In addition to those shown below, the Session class also inherits all the methods and properties of: Wire.

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Get

NameReturnSummary 
$session->get($key)
mixedGet a session variable 
$session->getAll()
arrayGet all session variables in an associative array 
$session->getAllFor($ns)
arrayGet all session variables for given namespace and return associative array 
$session->getFor($ns, string $key)
mixedGet a session variable within a given namespace 
$session->getVal(string $key)
mixedGet a session variable or return $val argument if session value not present 
$session->getValFor($ns, string $key)
mixedGet a session variable or return $val argument if session value not present 

Authentication

Advanced

NameReturnSummary 
$session->CSRF()
SessionCSRFReturn an instance of ProcessWire’s CSRF object, which provides an API for cross site request forgery protection.
Can also be used as property: $session->CSRF
 
$session->getHistory()
arrayGet the session history (if enabled) 

Common

NameReturnSummary 
$session->close()
(nothing)Manually close the session, before program execution is done 

Additional methods and properties

In addition to the methods and properties above, Session also inherits the methods and properties of these classes:

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.236

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