Check external session before store loads

[urgentprog]

Can I check the value of a kohana 2 session variable before zen cart loads? Can I do this in a php prepend file, or should I do this in zen cart?

Is there anyway to do something like this after calling session start?

session_write_close();
session_name($_COOKIE['zenid']);

[urgentprog]

Accessing the kohana session is no problem. I know how to do that. The issues I'm running into is the cart is empty when I try using a prepend script, and the session persists when I go back to the url if I try doing something in the template header.

I'm going to try with application_top and see what happens.

[DrByte]

What EXACTLY are you attempting to do here?

[urgentprog]

I want to only allow access to zencart if the user is logged into a kohana script.

Thanks Dr. Byte. Nice to see you are still around.

[DrByte]

Why not do the inquiry from within Zen Cart? Does your kohana script allow you to inquire whether the visitor is logged in, by making a call from another script, ie: ZC?

[urgentprog]

Something like require('/user/checkStatus') in ZC which returns a variable and avoid sessions altogether?

Would I create an observer for this or put it into application_top? Thanks

[DrByte]

It may depend on what you want to happen if you find the "check" returning a response that says the person isn't logged in.
What do you want ZC to do in that case?

[urgentprog]

It may depend on what you want to happen if you find the "check" returning a response that says the person isn't logged in.
What do you want ZC to do in that case?

I would just like to do a header('Location: /');

[DrByte]

In that case simply put your custom detection code in /includes/extra_configures/check_kohana.php as there's no need for the complexity of observers.

[urgentprog]

In that case simply put your custom detection code in /includes/extra_configures/check_kohana.php as there's no need for the complexity of observers.

Thanks. There are two issues:

Wouldn't accessing kohana from zencart using require, curl, fopen or file_get_contents start a different session, as the user logs in with the browser and the script uses the server?

Also is there an issue if authorize.net calls a form_action_url from a cronjob and the kohana session does not exists?