Question

Is it possible to insert session values in session variable through JavaScript or Jquery?

I have did like session["variable_name"] = "some value"; its not working

Even i tried like <%session["variable_name"] %> = "some value" this is not working either.

But it is possible to read from session.

It says .. there is no keyword named “Session” in Javascript.

Any work around …

Right now i have done it through Cookies, but i need to do this through session.

Anyone experienced here?

Answer 1

PHP session values are set on the server which means that the only way javascript can manipulate them is if you make a request to another page with ajax to set a value, for example:
JS:

$('.updateSession').on('click', function(){
    $.post('updatesession.php', 'name=john', function(){
        alert('Session Updated!');
    })
});

PHP:

<?php
    session_start();
    if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST'){
        $_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['name'];
    }
?>