Using session the class within templates

Hello All,

I am just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction here.

I need to save some post data after posting a form within a template.

I thought the best way to save this would be using sessions.

I have used CI before and the $this->session->set_userdata/$this->session->userdata worked well. But these don’t seem to be available within EE.

I have also tried using Session Class within EE. But I think you have to be logged in use the flashdata methods.

I don’t really want to use PHP native $_SESSION array because or security reasons.

I was thinking of maybe writing a custom class that uses the $_SESSION this way I could potentially iron out any security flaws using the $_SESSION array.

unless anybody knows of any better ways?

Thanks in advance

Sam