Re: POST losing SESSION vars?

Pass your session along with your form action... i.e.... $s = SID; echo "<form action=\".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?$s\" method=post> ----- Original Message ----- From: Sam Smith <php@itab.com> Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2004 1:12 pm Subject: [PHP] POST losing SESSION vars? > > I have a page that will be redirected to a login page if the > SESSION var > 'authenticatedUser' is not set. > > The page has a form in it. > > When the page is loaded http://thePage the authentication works > > fine. When > the submit button is pressed it doesn't. With POST it acts as if the > required session var is not set. > > When redirected to the login page the login page DOES recognize > the the > session var and redirects back to the first page a logged in user > wouldusually see. > > formPage.php > <?php > session_start(); > if(!isset($_SESSION['authenticatedUser'])) { > $_SESSION['loginMessage'] = "You must first login.<br> "; > header("Location: index.php"); > } > ... > > <form action="<?php echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']; ?>" > method="POST"name="purch_form" id="purch_form" > ... > <input name="Submit" ... > </form> > ?> > > > index.php > <?php > // FUNCTIONS > function logged_on($errorMessage) { > header ("Location: authTest.php"); //tmp Loc while testing > } > function login_page ($errorMessage) { > require_once "login.php"; //page where login pair entered > } > // end FUNCTIONS > > // BEGIN authentication > session_start(); > // First visit > if (!isset($_SESSION['loginMessage'])) { > login_page("Registered users please login."); > exit; > } > // PASS > if(isset($_SESSION['authenticatedUser'])) { > logged_on("need some control here"); > exit; > } > // FAIL > else { > login_page($_SESSION['loginMessage']); > exit; > } > ?> > > In other words the same page should load after the submit button > is pressed > but instead the authentication is redirecting. > > > Thanks for any help. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >