Tag: set and get

Set and get cookies in Joomla CMS

Now, it’s time to learn how to use cookies in Joomla!
If you want save some information in cookie or get some value from cookies then you can use $jcookie = JFactory::getApplication()->input->cookie;
Example ↓

$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$jinput = $app->input;
$jcookie  = $jinput->cookie;

$cookie_value = $jcookie->get( 'cookie_name', null); // Get cookie data  ($name, $defaultValue)

$jcookie->set( 'cookie_name', 'cookie_value', 0); // Set cookie data ($name, $value, $expire) $expire == 0: cookie lifetime is of browser session.

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How to set/get session value in Joomla! CMS?

Now, it’s time to learn how to use sessions in Joomla!
If you want save some information in session or get some value from session then you can use $session = JFactory::getSession();
Example ↓

$param_value = 'test session text'; // Note: also, you can store objects and arrays
$session = JFactory::getSession();
$session->set('param_value_name',$param_value); // set session value
$param_value = $session->get('param_value_name'); // get session value

More about JSession here: About JSession
Also, you cas see article about set/get cookies in Joomla!