Store Array of Data in a Session Variable Drupal 7

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Array
( [step1] => 1
[step2] => 18 
[step3] => 2000 
[step4] => Array ( [crdStat] => step3-slctcrdtcrd )
[step5] => Array([cardName] => Test     )
[step6] => Array([mnthSpend] => 1000 )
[step7] => Array ([payFrq] => undefined )
[step8] => Array([rolAmnt] => 344   )

Currently I am Just assigning that in PHP way

 $_SESSION['mcwizard'][$step]['bTransStat'] = $_GET['bTransStat'];

I want to save this array in a session in Drupal 7 What is the best Drupal 7 way to achieve this. So I can use these session variable anywhere in the application.

Thank You

Matt Cooper · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-12 14:10:56Z

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There isn't really a Drupal way to set session variables, outside of the regular $_SESSION global. You should however be careful when choosing where to place it. If you're placing it in a Hook you need to make sure that the hook won't be cached and will always be called, otherwise your variables won't get updated every time and might be out of date. Hope this helped, sorry there isn't a Drupal way of doing this!

answered Jul 12, 2013 at 14:10

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keenydev · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-01 08:52:05Z

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The way you are doing it is correct (to store a variable in a session variable), but if it's to be called for all the pages in Drupal, use one of the following two hooks:

1)hook_init()
2)hook_boot()

edited Nov 1, 2013 at 8:52

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answered Jul 12, 2013 at 17:40

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