Reserved Parameters

Reserved GET Parameters Inside the MODx Manager

The following is a list (currently incomplete) of GET parameters used by the MODx manager. You should avoid using any of these parameters in Custom Manager Pages:

• a – used to define an action
• context_key – specifies one of your contexts (e.g. "web" or "mgr")
• class_key – specifies a class name, e.g. when creating a Weblink or static resource
• id -- specifies a page_id

Reserved $_SESSION variables (2.1.1-pl and later)

• cultureKey
• and anything prefixed with modx.*

Reserved $_SESSION variables (before 2.1.1-pl)

$_SESSION vars in italics were removed in 2.1.1-pl

• webValidated
• mgrValidated
• webInternalKey
• mgrInternalKey
• webShortname
• mgrShortname
• cultureKey
• and anything prefixed with modx.*

Summary of Legacy Code Removed in 2.1

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