Session variables not working

[devadok]

Hi,

 

I'm developing an addon and inside the hooks.php, I have the following code:

 

if (!session_id()) {
session_start();
}

function my_addon_example() {
   $_SESSION['test_var'] = 'test_val';
}

 

When a refresh the page and try to read the session var that I have set, the variable doesn't exist.

Doesn't anybody knows what am I doing wrong?

 

Thanks

[sentq]

you need to assign this function to ActionHook point first so WHMCS will call it each time this point triggered, like below:

 

add_hook("ClientAreaPage", 1, "my_addon_example");

[devadok]

Hi,

 

sorry for didn't putting this on the code above, but this is being done:

 

add_hook('AdminAreaHeaderOutput', 1, 'my_addon_example');

 

The function is being called in every refresh, as expetced. But I'm not able to read the $_SESSION values defined previously.

[sentq]

how or where do you need to read it?

[devadok]

Hi,

 

basically I wanna do some "checking" code every x minutes. Example: Check if there is any new To-do Item. But instead of doing it on every refresh, I wanna check it every 10 minutes.

 

add_hook('AdminAreaHeaderOutput', 1, 'check_something');
function check_something($vars) {
$check = true;
if (isset($_SESSION['last_checked'])) {
	$last_checked = $_SESSION['last_checked'];
	$now = time();

	// cache 10 minutes - no need to check again
	if (($now - $last_checked) < (10 * 60)) {
		$check = false;
	}
}

        if ($check) {
            // do some checking code
            // ....
            // update last checked time
            $_SESSION['last_checked'] = time();
        }
}

 

Thanks

[sentq]

so the first function save some value and the second check this value, is this right?

 

if this is the case change priority of second function

 

add_hook('AdminAreaHeaderOutput', 2, 'check_something'); 

[devadok]

Hi,

 

in fact is the exact same function. It saves the value in a first page request and then tries to read it again in another page request.

[devadok]

Hi,

 

it seems the problem was the following code:

 

if (!session_id()) { 
   session_start(); 
}

 

After removing it, everything is working fine.

 

Thanks.