Re: session_register()

Warren Vail wrote: > > When the session_register is executed the session contents are partially > updated. > Your first test actually executed the session_register that posted the > variable with 0 string length, because the variable had not yet been > initialized (the bad return is the only indication of this). Ok. I changed the script below to set the variable before registering it and it makes no difference to the output. > You can identify what actually happened by viewing the session file contents > after your two pages are displayed. I mentioned that already. The file is empty. Jennifer > "Johnson, Kirk" wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jennifer [mailto:toxlists@canada.com] > > > Do you need to register a variable with the session before you > > > assign it a value? > > > > Not in my experience. > > > > > session_register should return true if the variable was > > > successfully registered? > > > > It returns "1". > > > > > The variable name and it's value should be written to the file > > > with the same name as session_id()? > > > > Yes, here's a sample from a session file: superUser|s:3:"Yes"; > > Here's a sample session filename: sess_01bc2e24aa5291300887948f0af74899 > > This is all what I thought, but I am still having problems and I > don't have a clue what I am missing. Here's an example that I > have been paying with for testing. > > page1.php contains > <?php > session_start(); > echo "session id is ".session_id()."<br>\n"; > if (session_register("testing")) { > echo "session_register worked.<br>\n"; > } > else { > echo "session_register did not work<br>\n"; > } > if (session_is_registered("testing")) { > echo "testing is a registered variable<br>\n"; > } > else { > echo "testing is not a registered variable<br>\n"; > } > $testing = "Let's see if this works."; > ?> > <a href="page2.php?<?=SID?>">Go to next page.</a> > > The output of the above page, gives me > session id is e35c2893382e28a14fa0455302edb06e > session_register did not work > testing is a registered variable > Go to next page. > > and page2.php contains > <?php > session_start(); > echo "session id is ".session_id()."<br>\n"; > echo "Testing: $testing<br>\n"; > ?> > > The output of page2 gives me > session id is e35c2893382e28a14fa0455302edb06e > Testing: > > I am totally confused. First off, why isn't it registering the > variable? There is a file named e35c2893382e28a14fa0455302edb06e > in my /tmp directory, but it is empty. > > Second, if it isn't registering the variable then why is > session_is_registered("testing") returning true? > > Jennifer