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Description

Get data from the session store

Syntax

get($name, $default=null, $namespace= 'default')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$name		Name of a variable
$default	null	Default value of a variable if not set
$namespace	'default'	Namespace to use, default to 'default'

Returns

mixed Value of a variable

Defined in

libraries/joomla/session/session.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.session.session' );

Source Body

public function get($name, $default = null, $namespace = 'default')
{
        $namespace = '__'.$namespace; //add prefix to namespace to avoid collisions

        if ($this->_state !== 'active' && $this->_state !== 'expired') {
                // @TODO :: generated error here
                $error = null;
                return $error;
        }

        if (isset($_SESSION[$namespace][$name])) {
                return $_SESSION[$namespace][$name];
        }
        return $default;
}

Examples

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