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    Default [Done v155b] AJAX: Session-variable changes not saved

    I'm in the process of updating the One-Page Checkout plugin to handle shipping selections that become invalid after the first page entry.

    I've got updates to the plugin's AJAX handler to unset the session's shipping selection if the customer's current selection has somehow gone invalid, but the variable's "unset" was never kicking in.

    FWIW, I'm using the following construct for that variable-removal since the session-variable is being accessed within a function:
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    unset ($GLOBALS[_SESSION]['shipping']);
    I traced the issue down to the fact that the default ajax.php handler (ZC 1.5.5a) doesn't end with the inclusion of the application_bottom.php script (the one that closes/saves the session on exit).

    When I updated /ajax.php, adding the following line at the end, the session-related variables were properly saved:
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    require ('includes/application_bottom.php');

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    Default Re: AJAX: Session-variable changes not saved

    Good point. Feel free to submit a PR for application_bottom


    Shouldn't your unset() be referencing $_SESSION instead of _SESSION ?
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    Default Re: AJAX: Session-variable changes not saved

    Er, it would actually be a PR for /ajax.php, but I'll get to it.

    FWIW, unsetting global variables within a function (so the variable is out-of-scope) requires the construct that I posted; using the construct
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    unset ($_SESSION['shipping']);
    within a function simply unsets the function's local copy of that super-global variable.

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    Default Re: AJAX: Session-variable changes not saved

    Quote Originally Posted by lat9 View Post
    Er, it would actually be a PR for /ajax.php, but I'll get to it.

    FWIW, unsetting global variables within a function (so the variable is out-of-scope) requires the construct that I posted; using the construct
    Code:
    unset ($_SESSION['shipping']);
    within a function simply unsets the function's local copy of that super-global variable.
    Ref: PHP unset function documentation

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    Default Re: AJAX: Session-variable changes not saved

    Ya, but superglobals like $_SESSION, $_POST, $_GET, etc are always in-scope, both inside and outside a function.
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    Default Re: AJAX: Session-variable changes not saved

    Darn it, I thought that I'd seen such an issue in the past ... but you're (as always) correct -- no need for the jumping-through-hoops!

 

 

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