RE: Sessions not working between documents (was: Sessions and switching between php and htm documents)

When you check your info page, do sessions automatically start? If not, make sure you do a session_start(); in there somewhere before you start checking things. Not sure why (lost in the annuls of time) but I always manually start/stop my sessions. =C= * * Cal Evans * Journeyman Programmer * Techno-Mage * http://www.calevans.com * -----Original Message----- From: Dave [mailto:dave@hawk-systems.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:10 AM To: cal@calevans.com; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Sessions not working between documents (was: Sessions and switching between php and htm documents) further to this... --enable-track-vars --enable-trans-sid are both set in the build... using mod_php register globals is on >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave [mailto:dave@hawk-systems.com] >Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:47 AM >To: cal@calevans.com; php-general@lists.php.net >Subject: RE: [PHP] Sessions and switching between php and htm documents > > >tested the $HTTP_SESSION_VARS prior to sending, set just fine. >changed the next page to php and tested for the session var... nothing. > >[in login.php] ><? >session_start(); ># database check in here >if(match){ > $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["UserID_session"]=$txtUserID; #from form >field for user > $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["UserNum_session"]=$databaseresult; # from >database result for user number > header("Location: successlogin.php"); # or .htm - changed this >to test if var was being passed > exit; >}else{ > header("Location: wrongpassword.htm"); > exit; >} >?> > >[in successlogin.php] ><? >echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["SellerID_session"]; >?> > >if I check session_id() - it is the same in both pages. Variables >just aren't getting stored/retrieved. > >ideas? > >as an aside, how do you destroy/start a new session with new session >id? or do you just destroy the variables then use the same session id >for the new session? > >Dave > >>Did you test and make sure the variable is set? >>login.php >> session_start(); >> $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["username"]=$formUserName; >> echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["username"] >> header("Location: displaypage.htm"); >> >>Also, for grins ang giggles, make the middle page in the chain a HP, start >>the session and test for the variable. If it does not work then the problem >>is not the middle page being html. > > >>Subject: [PHP] 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 >> >> >