Hello everyone,
I hope you are doing well. I am currently working on a PHP project and I am facing an issue with setting a session variable using JavaScript. I have been doing some research but I couldn't find a solution that works for me.
To provide you with some context, I am building a web application where users can log in and perform certain actions. I want to set a session variable in PHP based on a user's action using JavaScript.
For example, when a user clicks a button on the webpage, I want to set a session variable in PHP that stores the user's chosen option. I tried using the `$_SESSION` superglobal directly in JavaScript, but it doesn't seem to work.
I have also tried using AJAX to make a request to a PHP file that handles the session variable setting, but still no luck. I am not sure if I am missing something or if there is another approach that I should be taking.
If anyone has any suggestions or has faced a similar issue before, I would greatly appreciate your help. Thank you in advance!

Hey,
I can totally relate to your struggle with setting session variables using JavaScript in PHP. It can be quite frustrating when things don't work as expected. Based on my personal experience, I found a slightly different approach that worked for me.
Instead of using AJAX, I used the `localStorage` object in JavaScript to store the user's chosen option and then accessed it in PHP to set the session variable. Here's how I accomplished it:
In your JavaScript code, you can set the item in `localStorage` like this:
Then, on the PHP side, you can access the item from `localStorage` using the `$_REQUEST` superglobal, as it can retrieve data from both POST and GET requests. Here's an example:
Make sure to update the key `'chosenOption'` to match the name you used in your JavaScript code.
This approach worked well for me, and I was able to successfully set the session variable based on user actions in JavaScript. Feel free to give it a try and let me know if you have any questions. Good luck!