Session Variables in Wordpress
I'm trying to create session variables in Wordpress and have discovered that Wordpress does not really do this. I found a plugin Called WP_Sessions and it is said to help create sessions. How you use it is as follows:
OK, I want to store a field from a form.
Here is a link to the plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-session-manager/faq/
$wp_session = WP_Session::get_instance();
$wp_session['user_name'] = 'User Name'; // A string
$wp_session['user_contact'] = array( 'email' => 'user@name.com' ); // An array
$wp_session['user_obj'] = new WP_User( 1 ); // An objecOK, I want to store a field from a form.
<input type="text" name="addon-28-bicycle-info[manufacturer]" id="addon-28-bicycle-info[manufacturer]" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['addon-28-bicycle-info']['manufacturer'])) {echo $_POST['addon-28-bicycle-info']['manufacturer'];} ?>" >Here is a link to the plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-session-manager/faq/
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Do those need to be in the head?
The head of what? PHP code is independent of HTML structures. Traditionally, we have constructed PHP pages like so:
But there's no difference between that and this:
So long as the variables are declared before they are used, you should be okay.
<?php
blah;
blah;
blah;
?>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<?php echo $somevar ?>
</body>
</html>But there's no difference between that and this:
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<?php
blah;
blah;
blah;
echo $somevar;
?>
</body>
</html>So long as the variables are declared before they are used, you should be okay.
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$_SESSION['bv'] = $_POST['bike_value'];
$_SESSION['manu'] = $_POST['addon-28-bicycle-i