Title: Updating current session data?
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Updating current session data?

 *  Resolved [NYCdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nycdev/)
 * (@nycdev)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-current-session-data/)
 * I’m trying to add custom data to user sessions and I’m having some trouble.
 * The first issue is I can’t figure out how to return 2 variables which are included
   in the original filter. As a result I’m getting this error:
 * >  Missing argument 2 for add_last_activity_to_session()
 *     ```
       // on user login, add last_activity column
       add_filter('attach_session_information', 'add_last_activity_to_session');
       function add_last_activity_to_session( $session , $user_id ) {
           $session['last_activity'] = time();
   
           return $session;
       }
       ```
   
 * The **attach_session_information** hook has [2 parameters](http://wpseek.com/hook/attach_session_information/):
   $session and $user_id. I’m guessing the error is happening as my function is 
   only returning the session. How would I fix this?
 * The second issue is how can I update the current session? I’m getting the error:
 * > Call to protected method WP_Session_Tokens::update_session() from context
 * I think it’s from calling WP_Session_Tokens::update_session() but I don’t know
   how to avoid it. Is there a way of calling a private core WP function from functions.
   php
 *     ```
       /*
       * Update last activity for a user
       */
       add_action( 'init', 'update_session_activity' );
       function update_session_activity() {
           if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
               return false;
           }
   
           $sessions = WP_Session_Tokens::get_instance( get_current_user_id() );
           $token = wp_get_session_token();
           $current_user_session = $sessions->get( $token );
   
           $date_format = get_option( 'date_format', 'F j, Y' ) . ' @ ' . get_option( 'time_format', 'g:i A' );
   
           $current_user_session['last_activity'] = time();
   
           WP_Session_Tokens::update_session($token, $current_user_session);
   
           echo esc_html( date_i18n( $date_format, $current_user_session['last_activity'] ) );
       }
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [NYCdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nycdev/)
 * (@nycdev)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-current-session-data/#post-5973712)
 * figured it out.
 *     ```
       /*
       * Update last activity for a user
       */
       add_action( 'init', 'update_session_activity' );
       function update_session_activity() {
           if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
               $manager = WP_Session_Tokens::get_instance( get_current_user_id() );
               $token = wp_get_session_token();
               $current_user_session = $manager->get( $token );
   
               // update last activity to current server time
               $current_user_session['last_activity'] = time();
   
               // update current session with new activity time
               $manager->update($token, $current_user_session);
           }
       }
       ```
   

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 * [session](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/session/)
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 * Last reply from: [NYCdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nycdev/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-current-session-data/#post-5973712)
 * Status: resolved

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