Getting the global $modx in external scripts

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ganeshXL Reply #11, 18 years, 5 months ago

If I include index.php that way, I just get a frontend 404 page o_O
(yes, the path is correct)

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kudolink Reply #12, 18 years, 5 months ago

The version I posted last works perfectly...

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Soda Reply #13, 18 years, 5 months ago

Hi,
Have you a solution to retrieve the $_SESSION array ? Trying yours but it remain always empty.
My script is an external php file, not in manager.

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kudolink Reply #14, 18 years, 5 months ago

Your external script is called from a module? You can try to serialize() it and send it... ok I’ve wrote the first thing that ran into my mind!

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Soda Reply #15, 18 years, 5 months ago

No it is alone (snif), just called from a snippet.
I found how to do it, just inserting this code before the page is displayed:

<?php 
include(realpath('./../../../manager/').'/includes/config.inc.php'); // called from a snippet folder
session_name($site_sessionname);
session_start();
?>

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kudolink Reply #16, 18 years, 5 months ago

I remember you actually have to ignite session_start() before the rest of the code... I’m wrong?

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sirlancelot Reply #17, 18 years, 5 months ago

You guys are making it way too complicated...

If you insist on not initializing MODx in API mode you can start the session like this:

<?php
$base_path = '/var/www/modx/';

include($base_path.'manager/includes/config.inc.php');
startCMSSession();
?>

But honestly, use the API method I described above, it does everything you need it to do and is mostly forward compatible with 0.9.7.

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BobRay Reply #18, 18 years, 5 months ago

Quote from: sirlancelot at Apr 22, 2008, 11:05 AM

You guys are making it way too complicated...

If you insist on not initializing MODx in API mode you can start the session like this:
<?php
$base_path = '/var/www/modx/';

include($base_path.'manager/includes/config.inc.php');
startCMSSession();
?>
But honestly, use the API method I described above, it does everything you need it to do and is mostly forward compatible with 0.9.7.

Just a note: StartCMSSession() no longer exists in 0.9.7s so that solution won’t be forward-compatible.

Here’s some fairly clumsy code from SPForm that might be relevant:

if (file_exists("../../../manager/includes/config.inc.php") ) { // 0.9.6 - make sessions work
        require_once "../../../manager/includes/config.inc.php";
        startCMSSession(); // moved here from class file
    }  else {   // For 0.9.7  
    
        require_once "../../../config.core.php";
        
        // include the modX class
        require_once "../../../core/model/modx/modx.class.php"; 
        
        // start output buffering
        //ob_start();
        
        // Create an instance of the modX class
        
        $modx= new modX();
        $modx->initialize('web');
                        
    }

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