Re: Session updates ok first time only.

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:20:05 +0800, you wrote: >On Monday 28 January 2002 14:27, you wrote: > >Please keep discussion on the list! Sorry about that. I meant to.. >> >> //pull value from session file: >> >> $page_views = $_SESSION['page_views']; >> > >> >No need for this, in fact this is what is preventing it from working! Once >> >you've used session_register('var'), $var is available for use. >> >> Still ng.. I've eliminated the line on each and both pages in turn >> but still no improvement. The count is going from 0 to 1 on the first >> invoke, then from 1 to 3 after passed to the second page. From there >> on it falls apart, repeating 1 to 2 or 1 to 3 depending on the page. >> The session file never sees a higher value once the initial 1 is >> input. It just keeps starting over from that same point. >> >> >> print "<br>Return Page"; >> >> print "<br>Before increment = $page_views"; >> >> >> >> //increment the counter: >> >> $page_views++; >> >> $page_views++; >> > >> >You're inc'ing $page_views twice, this is what makes you *think* the >> > session is working when in fact it isn't! >> > >> >hth >> >> The double increment was to give me a different count for the second >> page just to tell where I was at any time. I see the count go >> 1-2-1-3-1-2-1-3-1-2 etc., as it passes back and forth. > >Ahh, but I thought that was what the "Send Page" and "Return Page" was for >:) > >> But it's still not climbing. > >1) You could try reloading (F5 if using IE) the "Send Page", if sessions were >working you should see the counter counting. > >2) session.save_path = c:/tmp, I don't use PHP on Windows, but looking at the >other settings, paths for Windows systems are specified with a backslash. Try > > session.save_path = c:\tmp Refreshing was what I was doing in the original single page, but it wasn't working. I went to two pages to try and help show what was going on. Still reloading doesn't help. Neither does the dos slash reversal. I thought that might be going to do it for a while, but nothing. :-< I only listed the *un* rem'ed lines of the ini session portion. Is it possible I need to remove a rem on one of those that were rem'ed? It's a vanilla 'suggested' ini. Or maybe an error log I can look at? Can such a report be created? Floyd --