Access Session Variable within a class

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Is it considered normal using session_start on a class constructor when session values need to be retrieved or keep? Best practices?

Session variable coudn't be retrieved from class unless session_start is called from __contruct.

session_start();    

if(isset($_REQUEST['siteid'])){
    $siteid = $_REQUEST['siteid'];
    $_SESSION['siteid'] = $siteid;
    echo $siteid;
}else{
    $siteid = "";
}
require_once 'common/lib_constant.php';
require_once 'common/database.php';
require_once 'common/common.class.php';
$commonClass = new commonClass();

Itay Moav -Malimovka · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-03 20:07:35Z

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best practice is to start session from the bootstrap.
and session itself accessing through some kind of a smart wrapper class (see ZF for examples).
That way you should be 100% sure you won't have header problems and duplicate session_start calls in your code.
A class can be instantiated many times/request...bootstrap runs only once/request.

answered May 3, 2011 at 20:07

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gd1 · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-03 20:07:49Z

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You should use a wrapper object to access session variables, that calls session_start() on the first request it handles, and then saves a flag meaning that this has been done, or it calls session_start() simply within its constructor.

You can use the singleton pattern or the so-called dependency injection which is, despite the original name, just passing a reference to a (call it) $Session object to every object that needs it.

There should exist only one instance of the Session object.

answered May 3, 2011 at 20:07

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