How to use Sessions in Symfony? [closed]

Question

Like in classic PHP we use the magic variables to start and create sessions, so how to do that in Symfony?

Answer 1

In Symfony2, the syntax is different:

$session = $this->getRequest()->getSession();  // store an attribute for reuse during a later user request $session->set('foo', 'bar');  // in another controller for another request $foo = $session->get('foo'); 

You can also get session variables from Twig, without having to pass the session variable explicitly (it's in the global 'app'):

{{ app.session.get('foo', 'bar'); }} 

Answer 2

In your controller, you can access session variables through the user object.

// Get a session value $name = $this->getUser()->getAttribute('name', 'default_value'); // Set a session value $this->getUser()->setAttribute('name', $value);