Re: session prob

On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 07:38, Steve Keller wrote: > At 5/5/2003 08:02 AM, Geoff O'Callaghan wrote: > > > <?php > > session_start(); > > session_register('count'); > > $count++; > > print "You have been to this web page $count times<p>"; > > ?> > > According to the script you've posted, you're never putting the session > count into $count, and never putting $count back into the session data. You > seem to be assuming that $_SESSION['count'] and $count are the same > variable, they are not, and incrementing $counter does not affect the > session variable. What you should be doing is grabbing the session value > into a new variable, incrementing it, and then putting it back. > Steve, thanks.... that's just the slap with a fish that I needed. I'm guessing that somewhere between 'antique land' php4.0.6 and 4.2.2+ ; session variables were no longer automatically registered as global variables. I should get out more :-) Anyway, thank you very much. Cheers Geoff