Re: $_SESSION <- Learning

there must be session_start() before your code have you check the $row->user, is it have value?? rgds [xm] http://amadarum.e-tics.net/nigritude-ultramarine.php ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Bateman" <r.bateman@workmanufacturing.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:24 PM Subject: [PHP] $_SESSION <- Learning > Hi > > I am finally starting to try and use register_globals = off on my Servers. > This means a lot of code that has to be checked and changed. > > Unfortunatly I am struggeling to come to grips with this new concept (new to > me that is) and was wondering if anybody could give me some pointers. > > Getting stumped at my login script. > Once I have checked user and passwords, I pass a few SESSION vars to use > throughout my app. > > <snip> > if ($status == 1) > { > //initiate a session > session_start(); > //register session variables > $_SESSION['SESSION']; > //Get DataBase details and connect to it > include($root_path . "include/vars.php"); > $query = "SELECT * FROM admin WHERE user_name = '$user'"; > $result = mysql_query($query); > $row = mysql_fetch_object($result); > //include the username > $_SESSION['SESSION_UNAME'] = $row->user; > //include the user id > $_SESSION['SESSION_UID'] = $row->admin_id; > //set the SecLevel Session Var > $_SESSION['SESSION_SEC'] = $row->sec_level; > //Now do the redirect > //redirect to Admin Page > header("Location: ./admin_main.php"); > exit(); > > } > else > </snip> > > Where ever I have the $SESSION['var_name'] I used to have a > session_register("SESSION_VAR"); > $SESSION_VAR = $row->user; > > I then redirect to my app main page and check if a session is registerd to > make sure a user is logged in: > > //check that each page is secure > session_start(); > //OLD CODE IN SCRIPT = if (!session_is_registered("SESSION")) > if(isset($_SESSION['SESSION'])) > { > //if session check fails, invoke error handler > header("Location: ./../error.php?e=2"); > exit(); > } > ?> > > That all works fine, but when I finaly start to display data on the main > page, nothing shows up. > > One of the things I try to display is the name of the user logged in: > From the login script > //include the username > $_SESSION['SESSION_UNAME'] = $row->user; > > then on my main page > echo "logged in as <b>" . $_SESSION['SESSION_UNAME'] . > "</b> "; > > Needless to say, no data is displayed..... anybody able to point out what I > am getting wrong here. It used to work fine before the old way with > register_globals = on. > > SIDE Note: > On a Windows PC with Apache, PHP and MySQL installed, even with the > register_globals = on set, the SESSION vars do not work. > > Thanks and sorry for the long post, > > Ross