Re: Confused about $_SESSION and $_COOKIE scope..

From: Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 05:08:32 +0000
Subject: Re: Confused about $_SESSION and $_COOKIE scope..
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Hi, Saturday, December 7, 2002, 6:01:19 AM, you wrote: CD> I'm not sure why this isn't working, been banging my head at it for a couple CD> hours now. CD> I have a file (index.php), which calls a function that draws the header to CD> my page. CD> Inside that function (site_header), is an include to a file (menu.php) which CD> draws dynamic javascript menus based on CD> cookie or session values. CD> I can't seem to access ANY variables, be them $_SESSION, $_COOKIE, or CD> anything else, inside this menu.php file. I've tried even passing simple CD> variables, globalizing them, etc, all the way down to see if I can access CD> them in that menu.php file. I still can't.. the closest I get is being able CD> to access them in the site_header function, but when the include("menu.php") CD> is called, everything seems to vanish. CD> And yes, I have session_start(); at the top of my menu.php file as well.. CD> Can anyone help me out on this? I was under the impression that the CD> superglobals would be available from basically anything.. apparently I was CD> wrong. CD> Thanks, CD> Chad Get rid of that second session_start() you don't need it on included files only on the main files which the browser is asking for. -- regards, Tom

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