RE: [PHP-DB] About Global vars

You can also use cookies, if you're using PHP 3, instead of PHP 4 -----Original Message----- From: Russ Michell [mailto:r.j.michell@apu.ac.uk] Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 5:21 AM To: George Lioumis Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] About Global vars You can set global vars in php, but they have a slightly diffent meaning and hence, effect that other languages. For your purposes you could use php's sessions, or pass the variable as a hidden form field. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php Regards. Russ On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:50:29 +0300 George Lioumis <glioumis@adacom.com> wrote: > Good day everyone! > > Can we define global vars in PHP, so as to be able to pass vars easily between .php pages? > > For example, how can I pass the guest_id of someone logged in to my site in order for another page > to "know" his guest_id? #-------------------------------------------------------# "Believe nothing - consider everything" Russ Michell Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge e: r.j.michell@apu.ac.uk w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam www.theruss.com #-------------------------------------------------------# -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net