Re: Session: I RTFM

Thanks. John > When faced with this problem I tried the following (works) > > The top section of PHP code just reads the POST return array > and plops it into a series of successive _SESSION vars > > Included is a FORM to use that shows the simple code at work > > HTH > TomHenry > > ================ Tested ================= > <? > session_start(); > > //echo "<HR>List the _POST key/val pairs<P>"; > > // Try to cycle though the _POST vars > // and use them as input to creating _SESSION vars > > while(list($k,$v)=each($_POST)){ > $_SESSION[$k]=$v; > //echo "_name_ <b>".stripslashes($k)."</b> _value_ > <b>".stripslashes($v)."</b><br>"; > } > > // easy way to peek at the contents of what we just did > > echo "<hr>print_r of the \$_SESSION array<P>"; > print_r($_SESSION); > echo "<hr>"; > ?> > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > > <html> > <head> > <title>Nextpage</title> > </head> > > <body> > <P><HR><P> > <b><u>Is our _SESSION here?</u></b> > <P> > <Table width=60% border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5> > <TR><TH>Key</TH><TH>Value</TH></TR> > <? > while(list($k,$v)=each($_SESSION)){ > echo > > "<TR><TD>".stripslashes($k)."</TD><TD>".stripslashes($v)."</TD></TR>"; > } > ?> > </TABLE> > <P><HR><P> > <form action=<?=$PHP_SELF?> method=POST> > key <input type="text" name="key" value='KeyOne' > size="15" > maxlength="25"> -- value <input type="text" name="value" > value='ValueOne' size="30" maxlength="80"> > <br> > Name: <input type='text' name='name' value="Tim O'Toole " > size='12'> > -- Address: <input type='text' name='address' value='123 Main > Street'> > <input NAME=action type=submit value="Submit"> > </form> > <P><HR><P> > </body> > </html> > > John Taylor-Johnston wrote: > >>Jason wrote: > >>RTFM again. > > > > > > Jason, again, I RTFM, but did not get it working. > > Otherwise I wouldn't have dared ask a question. > > > > > >>Sessions depends on a number of factors > >>including your version of PHP and the setting of register_globals. > > > > > > The FM manual says: > > > > "$_SESSION (or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS with PHP 4.0.6 or less) is recommended" > > > > So I am using "PHP Version 4.1.2" (and "4.2.3" on my localhost to test > > offline) > > > > Ok. I quit using $HTTP_POST_VARS["familyname"]. > > > > With a little rethinking, I have this working, I hope. > > > > Now ... is there a cleaner way to assign my variable "familyname"? > > > > Pseudo code: > > > > if _post["familyname"] exists set session variable > > (no sense in setting it until I post it) > > if _session["familyname"] exists, $familyname = > > $_SESSION["familyname"]; > > > > I'll have about 30 variables. Going to be alot of lines. There must be an easier, > > cleaner way? > > > > > > <?php > > #session_name("TestALS"); > > session_start(); > > > > if (isset($_POST["familyname"])) > > { > > session_register("familyname"); > > $familyname = $_POST["familyname"]; > > echo "Yay: \$familyname= $familyname<br>"; > > } > > > > if (isset($_SESSION["familyname"])) > > { > > $familyname = $_SESSION["familyname"]; > > echo "yay session works, \$familyname= $familyname<br>"; > > } > > > > > > -- John Taylor-Johnston ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If it's not open-source, it's Murphy's Law." ' ' ' Collège de Sherbrooke: ô¿ô http://www.collegesherbrooke.qc.ca/languesmodernes/ - Université de Sherbrooke: http://compcanlit.ca/ 819-569-2064