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Yup, and its working great. ??

Yes, awesome, this works great. To test it out, I did the following :

function get_rand_value() {
    if ( false === ( $value = get_transient( 'api_value' ) ) ) {
        $value = rand(0,10);
        set_transient( 'api_value', $value, 3600 ); // store for 3600s
    }
    return $value;
}

And I called get_rand_value() in footer, so that it gets called on every template. Works great man, thanks. I would still like to learn if it is possible to put it in session, just for learning sake. ??

Esmi : I tried storing the variable in session, but on every page, value in the session variable changed, could you point me how to store it in a session properly ?

Catacaustic : Thanks for replying. I agree, I can use something like that to load a variable value once per page execution, but what I am looking for is something where I can store it for the entire time the user is on the website(session). Since, I don’t exactly know when the session gets over, it should have a timeout too. Lastly, I might even try storing the value in user’s cookie. If you have any idea in either direction or another idea, please point me towards it ??

I can as well call the API again and again. I can store the variable in the database, then for every product, I would have to make extra database calls for the variable. Plus, since the value of variable changes every second, it could and should be different for different customers, I should refrain from using the normalised value of the variable. Is there any other way ? ??

Aah, but I cannot store the variable in the database, sorry I forgot to point that out.

Ohh, never mind thanks man. I played with some PHP files and got it working ??

Aww, I am sorry to hear that. But any help would still be appreciated ??

Hi,

Doesn’t matter. I resolved it, the plugin is working fine. Thanks for pointing out though. I have seen your profile and I know that you have done a lot of work on WooCommerce. I am currently developing an ecommerce website which supports BitPay. However, I would like to display both the product price in USD(say) and BTC at the same time, underneath the product.

I was reading a lot of WordPress Support Questions and a lot of them have the same problem/ want the same feature. Could you please guide me as to how I should go about it. I am still very new to WebDev and since you are so experienced any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.