Magento: Get and set variables in session

Suppose you want to set data in the magento session, so that you can retrieve it from other pages. Session has been very useful global variable in PHP and using it we can easily retrieve and add data to it and get it from the entire site.

Here is the code that will set / add your custom data into session.

1	Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->setMyCustomData('blah');

here, setMyCustomData can be replaced with the meaningful name as per your need. One thing to be cautious while setting session variables is to make sure it doesn’t conflict with magento’s internal variables, example setData.

Code to retrieve the session variable

1 2	$session = Mage::getSingleton('core/session', array('name' => 'frontend')); echo $session->getMyCustomData();

10 Comments

Freakshare November 2, 2011 at 5:19 am
This is just now the sort of information I was looking for! Thanks.
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Elliptical Reviews November 18, 2011 at 4:49 am
Great! thanks for the share!
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Badhitter May 15, 2013 at 9:29 am
Hello,
How and where exactly do I put this code? I am new to magento and need some help where I put the code
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- kalpesh May 15, 2013 at 3:56 pm
  Anywhere as long as it’s in Magento’s PHP or PHTML file. First set it in some file, and then you can get it anywhere in Magento frontend scope.
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  - Bhupendra Mehra April 7, 2020 at 2:00 pm
    Not working with PHTML as I need to flush cache for the new session otherwise it displays the value of the previously set session.
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vinod September 5, 2013 at 10:20 am
hi
i want to use simple php session into magento phtml file how i can do it
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- kalpesh September 5, 2013 at 10:32 am
  you can use above method to store session in magento.
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des February 5, 2014 at 6:38 pm
how do i can set session in index.php file in magento
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Mahesh September 11, 2014 at 7:54 pm
Thanks this is working fine and i did my work done
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Swetha December 15, 2014 at 9:43 am
Hi can i append session variable in URL?
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