Re: Understanding sessions
| From: | John W. Holmes | Date: | Fri, 09 Apr 2004 16:51:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Understanding sessions | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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From: "Todd Cary" <todd@aristesoftware.com>
> I am trying to understand sessions are done with php. My "learning
> script" has the following:
>
> session_start();
> if (isset($_SESSION['firstname'])) {
> $_SESSION['firstname'] = 'Todd';
> } else {
> $_SESSION['firstname'] = 'Nobody';
> }
>
> echo "SESSION: " . $_SESSION['firstname'] . "<br>";
> echo 'SID: ' . SID . '<br>';
> echo '<br /><a href="page_2.php?' . SID . '">page
> 2</a>';
>
> SID is always empty. What have I missed?
Session IDs are normally carried in cookies. If the cookie was set
successfully, then SID is not set because it's not needed. Turn off cookies
and try this code.
---John Holmes...