Not sure if anyone understood my problem but if you did and are having something similar I will post how I figured it out. I simply had to add a session_start(); on my form.. <?php session_start(); //see here //this is the form that will change the variable if(isset($_POST[‘submit’])) { $the_user_garden = $_POST[‘sub_garden_1’]; } ?> <form … Read more
WordPress doesn’t use PHP sessions. If you tried stating a session in your custom-written code, it’s not going to work as you’d hope. There’s a plugin which will enable all normal session use: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-native-php-sessions/ But, depending on what exactly you’re trying to achieve, you may prefer to keep things clean/do it the WordPress way and … Read more
Google is your friend. How to use session_start in WordPress? and How to use session in wordpress in plugin development It looks like your mistake is that you didn’t capitalise “Session” when you declare the variable. Instead of $_session[‘wp_nonce’], try $_SESSION[‘wp_nonce’].
One tip from here: Set cookie parameters defined in the php.ini file. The effect of this function only lasts for the duration of the script. Thus, you need to call session_set_cookie_params() for every request and before session_start() is called. You are calling it after.
Are you doing this in a plugin or on a template file? Also, you certainly want to ensure that you’re properly setting up sessions. I recommend doing so in functions.php. e.g: add_action(‘init’, ‘track_sessions’, 1); function track_sessions() { // if session isn’t active, set it if(!session_id()) { session_start(); } } And using them as you are: … Read more
You can use WordPress function is_user_logged_in() to check if user if logged-in or not if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) { // print your facebook login button with login title text. } else { // print your facebook login button with custom text. }
Nonces are not the way to solve your problem. You’re using it correctly. I would look at the $wpdb->insert array you’re probably using, and implement a check for data to exist that matches the proposed “new” entry. I actually set up a Twilio SMS to fire off when weird validation errors are encountered. I have … Read more
For your use case, no. Using PHP sessions – will not work on most hosts, and will make that data available only to the browser and the current PHP request. This severely limits the usefulness Using Cookies – will work everywhere but have the same issue that you can’t persist server side or track things … Read more
WordPress does not use $_SESSION variables, and neither should you. Sessions variables come with a lot of issues: they’re fundamentally incompatible with page caching plugins they’re incompatible with systems such as Cloudflare WordPress uses cookies to track sessions a lot of WP hosts are not set up to work with PHP sessions variables, e.g. WP … Read more
Are you using session__start() ; at the top of that other page? You always need to retrieve session data when changing pages. https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php