Re: why values not remembered by php?

On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Sonia Tsui wrote: > Here is the sample code > (main.php) > > <?php > $start = $end; > $end = $start + 3; > ?> > > <html> > ...... > <a href ="main.php" ....>nextbutton</a> > <?php > for ($i = $start; $i<$end; $i++) { > echo("i: $i<br>"); > } > ?> > </html> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > so when <next button> is pressed, it comes back to this page. What I don't > understand is why $end is not remembered? I though variable exist for one > http transaction. I expect to see 0, 1, 2, 3 and then 4, 5, 6 etc. but I > just see 0,1,2,3 and then 0,1,2,3 again and again. Can anyone help with my > simple question? > > ---Sonia No, your variables won't be remembered after you reload the page. Send your variables via the URL line. ie: http://myserver.org/main.php?start=4&end=10 It might work if you make the vars static...but I'm not sure... -- James Atkinson ----------------------------------------------------------------- James Atkinson 100world Technical Developer 512-1529 West 6th Avenue phone: +1-604-266-4490 ext.149 Vancouver, BC, V6J 1R1 fax: +1-604-742-1770 Canada email: james.atkinson@100world.com http://www.100world.com +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | This message may contain confidential and/or privileged | | information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to | | receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, | | discolse or take any action based on this message or any | | information herein. If you have received this message in | | error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail | | and delete this message. Thank you for you cooperation | +---------------------------------------------------------------+