[FIXED] PHP: Display Session variable in View: CodeIgniter

Issue

As mention in the title I am trying to send the Session variables in the View Section after I login, The Session contains let's say name and email.

So what I have tried in the Profile Controller Section is below:

class ProfileController extends Controller{
public function index()
{ 
    $session = session();

    $userDetails = ['name' => $session->get('name'),
                     'email' => $session->get('email')];
    print_r($userDetails);
    echo view('profile', $userDetails); 
}

}

although I am able to print the $userDetails value in the controller Section, the same I am trying in VIEW is giving me nothing.

here's my profile.php code in view.

<h3>Welcome to the Profile Section : <?php echo $userDetails['name']; ?></h3>
<p>Your email id : <?php echo $userDetails['email'] ; ?></p>

The output I am getting is :

Please correct me if I am missing something as I am new to the PHP frameworks.

Solution

In your View you would just have the array named indexes as they are converted to variables.

So $userDetails['name'] becomes $name and $userDetails['email'] becomes $email

So in your case. Instead of

<h3>Welcome to the Profile Section : <?php echo $userDetails['name']; ?></h3>
<p>Your email id : <?php echo $userDetails['email'] ; ?></p>

You would have.

<h3>Welcome to the Profile Section : <?php echo $name; ?></h3>
<p>Your email id : <?php echo $email ; ?></p>

And you can replace <?php echo with the shorter version <?=

<h3>Welcome to the Profile Section : <?= $name; ?></h3>
<p>Your email id : <?= $email ; ?></p>

I would strongly suggest to read the CodeIgniter Userguide as it covers this and everything else the framework does. So it's good to get familiar with it.

Answered By - TimBrownlaw