Upgrade Sessions

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What has been changed

  • Only small things like the method names and the loading of the library have changed.

Upgrade Guide

  1. Wherever you use the Session Library replace $this->load->library('session'); with $session = session();.

  2. From that on you have to replace every line starting with $this->session with $session followed by the new method name.

    • To access session data use the syntax $session->item or $session->get('item') instead of the CI3 syntax $this->session->name.

    • To set data use $session->set($array); instead of $this->session->set_userdata($array);.

    • To remove data use unset($_SESSION['some_name']); or $session->remove('some_name'); instead of $this->session->unset_userdata('some_name');.

    • To mark session data as flashdata, which will only be available for the next request, use $session->markAsFlashdata('item'); instead of $this->session->mark_as_flash('item');`

Code Example

CodeIgniter Version 3.x

<?php

$this->load->library('session');

$_SESSION['item'];
$this->session->item;
$this->session->userdata('item');

CodeIgniter Version 4.x

<?php

$session = session();

$_SESSION['item'];  // But we do not recommend to use superglobal directly.
$session->get('item');
$session->item;
session('item');