Re: help needed with session variables

pass it one value at the time: session_register("valid_user"); session_register("firstname"); session_register("lastname"); Another recommended method is to use superglobal variable $_SESSION. You can then simply do: $_SESSION['valid_user'] = $login; $_SESSION['firstname'] = $first_name; $_SESSION['lastname'] = $last_name; and the three variables will be available on the next pages. remember to start sessions before hand: session_start(); -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net Pushpinder Singh Garcha <pgarcha@adelphia.net> wrote... : > hello, > > I am making use of sessions in my PHp/MySQL Database application. When > the user is successfully authenticated against the database, a session > is created in following manner: > > > session_register("valid_user","firstname","lastname"); > > $valid_user = $login; > $firstname = $first_name; > $lastname = $last_name; > > While I am able to use the $valid_user variable all thru the sesion , > when I try to use the $valid_user it works fine (i.e. I am able to > access the value) throughout the session, however when I try to use the > other two registered session variables i.e firstname and lastname, I > am not able to extract the value. Can you suggest what might be going > wrong. Note I am locally testing the setup on my Mac. > > Many Thanks > Pushpinder Singh Garcha > _________________________________ > Web Architect