Magento: Get and set variables in session

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

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

9 Comments

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  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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  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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