Re: SESSIONS

Do this instead: $user = mysql_fetch_object($sql_result); $_SESSION['user'] = $user; Then, you can use stuff like: print "{$_SESSION[user]->name}"; // or if register_globals is on print "$user->name"; // which is nice because you don't have to {} the var or ".$var[name]." Peter On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, wade wrote: > How would one go about registering a session if you were to create > the session based on the users ID and NAME from the database. > > I have the users ID and NAME already being pulled from the database > and being stored in variables named $id and $name. > > I have latest version of PHP so I think I need to use the $_SESSION[] > instead of session_register. > > I am also using the session_encode function to echo out the session that > is currently being stored. What I am trying to store and what I am > actually seeing printed to the page is entirly different. > > if (mysql_num_rows($sql_result) == 1) > { > session_start(); > list($id, $name) = mysql_fetch_row($sql_result); > $SESSION_ID = $id; > $SESSION_NAME = $name; > > session_register("SESSION_ID"); > session_register("SESSION_NAME"); > header("Location:"); > } > else > { > header("Location:"); > exit; > } > > -- > Should you have any questions, comments or concerns, feel free to call > me at 318-338-2033. > > Thank you for your time, > > Wade Kelley, Design Engineer > ================================================ > Bayou Internet...(888) 30-BAYOU...http://www.bayou.com > Mississippi Internet...(800) > MISSISSIPPI...http://www.mississippi.net > Vicksburg Online...(800) MISSISSIPPI...http://www.vicksburg.com > ================================================ > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Systems Engineer, Fairfax Cable Access Corporation beckman@purplecow.com http://www.purplecow.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------