Re: session var puzzle

Hi, Monday, April 19, 2004, 8:46:02 AM, you wrote: KB> Dear list, KB> I am sorry for the second posting, but this is going KB> to drive me to drink something other than lattes! KB> I have one page, index.php. when it calls mod_sub, a KB> directory type of page is printed. Here I am trying KB> to set a session var of the most recently selected KB> category to allow the user to return the to same place KB> in the directory. KB> when I do this: KB> $_SESSION['CategoryID'] = 230; in mod_sub KB> then in mod_profile: KB> print($_SESSION['CategoryID']); KB> will print 230 KB> when I do this: KB> $Tmp = 230; KB> $_SESSION['CategoryID'] = $Tmp; in mod_sub KB> in mod_profile: KB> print($_SESSION['CategoryID']); KB> will print 230 KB> BUT, when I do this: KB> $_SESSION['CategoryID'] = $Data['ID']; in mod_sub KB> $_SESSION['CategoryID'] = intval($Data['ID']); KB> in mod_profile: KB> print($_SESSION['CategoryID']); KB> will print '' and 0 KB> I am setting several other session variables KB> throughout the code without any unexpected behavior. KB> I have even tried changing the index to something odd KB> in case I am resetting 'CategoryID' somewhere and KB> forgotten it. But no matter what I try, once I set it KB> "= $Data['ID']" I get the odd result. KB> BTW, if I print $_SESSION['CategoryID'] from mod_sub KB> right after setting, it holds the expected value. KB> This is really frustrating, I must be missing KB> something basic about the way session vars can be set. KB> Kathleen put this at the top of each page and see if you get any undefined variables warnings as it may be a problem of variable scope error_reporting(E_ALL); -- regards, Tom