Access WP session variable in CI

I am having trouble accessing the session variable I set in WordPress in Codeigniter. I am creating this functionality in my own plugin. Here is the code i am using:

function get_property_filters($atts) {
	global $wp_session;
	//if (!session_id()) session_start();
	foreach ($atts as $key => $value) {
		if ($key == 'prop_type') {
			$wp_session['property_type'] = $value;
		} else {
			//apply_filters( 'attach_session_information', 'land');
			$wp_session['property_type'] = 'land';
		}
	}
	return '<pre>'.print_r($wp_session).'</pre>';
}
add_shortcode('property_filters', 'get_property_filters');

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