note 69926 deleted from ref.session by felipe

Note Submitter: jon at jonroig dot -----com 

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This code is to solve a problem that's probably becoming more common as we move into the AJAX world -- how the &*^*&^ to access session data if you're transferring data back 'n' forth from a server and you don't have cookies to help you out.

The function accepts the session ID then grabs the session data straight from the directory, parses it, and returns it as an array.

<?
function grabSessionData($sessionInput)
  {
  $sessionThing = "/tmp/sess_".$sessionInput;
  $textContentsArray = file($sessionThing);
  $serializedData = '';

  foreach ($textContentsArray as $line => $textLine)
    {
    $serializedData = $serializedData.$textLine;
    }
  $sessionArray = explode(";",$serializedData);
  $sessionDataArray = array();
  foreach ($sessionArray as $line => $dataLine)
    {
    $dataArray2 = explode('|',$dataLine);
    $dataArray3 = explode(':',$dataLine);
    $sessionDataArray[$dataArray2[0]] = 
      str_replace('"','',$dataArray3[count($dataArray3)-1]);
    }
  return $sessionDataArray;
  }

// example
$sessionInfoArray = grabSessionData('f58c92b76c1dd553c56dd428ea7a1bfc');
?>