Re: setting session variables via a form

hi! i know that it sends everything to itself if you omitt the action-attribute, but it isn't propper html strict anymore... (ok - thats not a big problem *g*) maybe it helps if you put the testing in a place of the script where there was no output yet (also no whitespaces)? at least this is a requirement for session_start(). probably similar things have to be considerd vor $_SESSION['foo'] = 'bar'; .ma e: grillen@abendstille.at w: http://www.abendstille.at # life would be easier if i knew the source code Am Montag, 16.06.03 um 20:04 Uhr schrieb Becoming Digital:

maybe try the invers (anyways you havn't defined an action-attribute - maybe this is a problem?):

Not declaring an action attribute automatically makes the form submit to itself. When a URL query string is involved, this works much better than $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], which reduces the URL to its basic format.

'<input name="view_details" type="hidden" value="yes">'. '<input type="submit" value="View Descriptions">'.

That helped, to a degree. The submit button was key to getting the form to register (hiding the button) but it's still not registering the session variable. Edward Dudlik Becoming Digital www.becomingdigital.com ----- Original Message ----- From: ".ma" <grillen@abendstille.at> To: "PHP-DB" <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, 16 June, 2003 11:57 Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] setting session variables via a form hi maybe try the invers (anyways you havn't defined an action-attribute - maybe this is a problem?): if(!isset($_SESSION['item_details']) || ( isset($_SESSION['item_details'] && $_SESSION['item_details']) { echo '<form name="myForm" method="post" action="'.basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).'">'. '<input name="view_details" type="hidden" value="yes">'. '<input type="submit" value="View Descriptions">'. '</form>'; else $_SESSION['item_details'] = 'yes'; hope i understood you right and this helps? .ma e: grillen@abendstille.at w: http://www.abendstille.at # life would be easier if i knew the source code Am Montag, 16.06.03 um 17:16 Uhr schrieb Becoming Digital:

Despite my best efforts, I can't seem to set session variables via a basic form. I'm trying to use a button to alter display settings, which should be a simple task, but apparently it is not. Here's the code I'm working with. <? if( (!isset( $_POST['view_details'] )) && ($_SESSION['item_details'] != "yes") ) {

        print "<form method=\"post\">";
        print "<input type=\"button\" name=\"view_details\"

value=\"View Descriptions\" />";

        print "</form>";

} else

    $_SESSION['item_details'] = "yes";

?> My session I have tried a number of different solutions, including removing session_start() from its calling function and various things I might otherwise overlook. I'm sure that I'm overlooking something easy but I can't figure out what it is. The session variable simply isn't being set, as confirmed by printing its value (and by things not working!). Thanks a lot for any and all suggestions. Edward Dudlik Becoming Digital www.becomingdigital.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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