RE: [PHP] RE: Sessions and switching between php and htm documents

Not passing via URL currently... using track_vars Dave >-----Original Message----- >From: Tim Ward [mailto:Tim.ward@stivesdirect.com] >Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 4:16 AM >To: php-general@lists.php.net; Dave >Subject: [PHP] RE: Sessions and switching between php and htm documents > > >I haven't experienced this myself, but I'd have thought that if you're >propagating the session via the URL rather than a cookie then it won't get >added if the page isn't parsed. If it's not passed on just once it's lost. > >Tim Ward >Internet chess www.chessish.com <http://www.chessish.com> > > ---------- > From: Dave [SMTP:dave@hawk-systems.com] > Sent: 27 February 2002 04:37 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Sessions and switching between php and htm documents > > login.htm > form submits information > > login.php > session_start(); > $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["username"]=$formUserName; > header("Location: displaypage.htm"); > > displaypage.htm > show some static stuff > links to formpage.htm > > formpage.htm > form submits information to form.php > > form.php > session_start(); > echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["username"]; <- has no value > > > Does the chain of pages have to be continually PHP pages to allow >the transition > of the session variables? if not, any ideas on why we are losing >session > variables? > > Dave > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >