RE: [PHP] Re: Problem with sessions.(Again Sorry :)

> From: Richard Lynch [mailto:rich@phpbootcamp.com] > > >> Don't cram things into $_SESSION. Use this: > >> > >> session_register('uid'); > >> global $uid; > >> $uid = $uinfo[0]; > > > >With PHP 4.2, you don't have to use session_register. You can do it > >exactly like the OP is. I do it all the time. Whether that is a > >"feature" or a bug, I don't know. > > It happens to work because that happens to be how Sessions are implemented > this week. > > > Programming 101: > Rule #27: Relying on implementation minutia instead of documented > functions > is just a Bad Idea (tm). > > > Use the functions that are documented to work. Anything else is a HACK > and > subject to break without notice. > > In PHP 4.3 or 5.0 or 7.3.1, when it *DOESN'T* work anymore and you have a > zillion lines of code cramming junk into $_SESSION scattered all through > your application, don't come crying to me. :-) Always a good method to follow, but the manual says you can use the $_SESSION method I gave. There is no need to use session_register() or the like. I would imagine that the older method would be depreciated eventually. It's a whole lot easier to just treat sessions like a variable without that whole register/unregister stuff. The manual actually cautions against using session_register/unregister if register_globals is OFF. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php ---John Holmes...