trying to run function just once

@richb202,
> Bringing down the users data from S3 can be time consuming so I want to only do it once per user log in.

Try using session which I assume is already being called when a user logs in.

Thanks John. Do you mean a session variable for the $hasRun? Yes, I can try that. The only issue is that where do I set $_SESSION['RUNONCE']=0? If I set it in my code it will get reset to 0 eveytime _init runs? Can I set it in config.php or another system level file? How about index.php?

proof that an old dog can learn new tricks