Re: Basic Help

You say to RTFM, are there any good resources for new users? I know PHP.net has an extensive manual but a tutorial or a list of commonly used features/functions and there uses would be better for me. I need to learn about database connectivity in particular and unfortunately I must use ACCESS as my back end. Thanks in advance, ~Logan "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.biz> wrote in message news:200306171416.05238.php-general@gremlins.biz... > On Tuesday 17 June 2003 11:39, Logan McKinley wrote: > > Use a descriptive subject heading. > > > I am new to PHP but have been using ASP for years. What i am trying to do > > is: > > 1) take a querystring variable > > 2) set it as a session variable > > 3) redirect the page back on itself > > all of this is done so the user never sees the querystring var so it > > must change it address bar > > 4) access the session variable as a hidden form element > > > > The code that follows is code i tried to write but it doesn't seem to work > > <-----------------------> > > <? > > $qs = ""; > > session_start(); > > if($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']!="" && $_Session("qs") > > != "") > ^^ A ^^ ^ B ^ > > A) PHP variable names are case-sensitive, $_SESSION != $_Session > B) You probably want to replace the () with []. > > > { > > $_SESSION["qs"] = $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']; > > session_register("qs"); > > You cannot (should not) mix the use of $_SESSION with session_register(). > RTFM. > > If you redirect without closing the session then any changes to the session > variables will lost. So you need a session_write_close(). > > > header("Location: > > http://localhost/PHP/registration_form.php"); > > } > > ?> > > > among other problems if there is no querystring value at all it gives me an > > error in the if statement > > Use: > > isset($_SESSION['qs']) > or > !empty($_SESSION['qs']) > rather than > $_Session("qs") != "" > > and similarly for $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > ------------------------------------------ > Search the list archives before you post > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general > ------------------------------------------ > /* > La-dee-dee, la-dee-dah. > */ >