How can I set an ExpressionEngine session variable from PHP?

ExpressionEngine version is 1.6.8 and NOT upgradeable.

I would like to set a session variable in index.php and have that variable available to javascript in an ExpressionEngine template.

I have already tried using $_SESSION and global $SESS

Solution

The session_variables plugin allows this

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