added note: set_userdata() also supports setting one value at a time

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/sessions.html b/user_guide/libraries/sessions.html
index b1ce8472f..087d2d1f7 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/sessions.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/sessions.html
@@ -161,14 +161,15 @@ having to run a database query when you need it.</p>
 <p>Where <samp>$array</samp> is an associative array containing your new data.  Here's an example:</p>

 

 

-<code>$newdata = array(<br />

-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'username'&nbsp; => 'johndoe',<br />

-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'email'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=> 'johndoe@some-site.com',<br />

-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'logged_in' => TRUE<br />

-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);<br />

-<br />

-$this->session->set_userdata(<samp>$newdata</samp>);</code>

-

+<p><code>$newdata = array(<br />

+    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'username'&nbsp; => 'johndoe',<br />

+    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'email'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=> 'johndoe@some-site.com',<br />

+    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'logged_in' => TRUE<br />

+    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);<br />

+    <br />

+    $this->session->set_userdata(<samp>$newdata</samp>);</code></p>

+<p>If you want to add userdata one value at a time, set_userdata() also supports this syntax. </p>

+<p><code>$this-&gt;session-&gt;set_userdata('some_name', 'some_value');</code></p>

 <p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> Cookies can only hold 4KB of data, so be careful not to exceed the capacity.  The

 encryption process in particular produces a longer data string than the original so keep careful track of how much data you are storing.</p>