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i4w_session_name

Usage

This shortcode is used to retrieve the value held in a server-side session variable. The session variable will have to have been previously set either programmatically through your own script or through the [i4w_session_set] shortcode.

[ELSE_session_Name] conditional branching is NOT supported.

Shortcode nesting is NOT supported.

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefaultRequired
NameThe variable name that you wish to display in place of the shortcode.NoneYes
indexIf the variable is an array, indicate the array index to retrieve. For additional depth, separate additional keys with the pipe symbol ("|"). For example: if the desired array element is $_SESSION['Name']['customer']['FirstName'], you would specify [i4w_session_Name index='customer|FirstName'].NoneNo
defaultDefines the value to return if the variable is not present.NoneNo

Example

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[i4w_session_ContactEmail]

Returns the $_SESSION variable named "ContactEmail".

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[i4w_session_Cart index='date']

Returns the $_SESSION variable named "Cart[date]".

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[i4w_session_Cart index='customer|name']

Returns the $_SESSION variable named "Cart[customer][name]".

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[i4w_session_Cart index='customer|email']

Returns the $_SESSION variable named "Cart[customer][email]".