Re: How to create, name and start PHP sessions

Thanx, however, I cannot retain the session_name when I go to the next URL. How do I retain the session_name especially when I have to use a form method=POST? I have a URL that will be the login Once you login you will have a session (that works now) That page with the session will have a form with five <input=file> type form elements Once submitted you will be at a "thank-you" page and files uploaded, but then the session is gone (session_name is back to PHPSESSID again) What do I do to keep it? I cannot use cookies and putting it in the URL? Phil "Michael Virnstein" <michael.virnstein@brodos.de> wrote in message news:20020418104826.84326.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > session_name will retur the previos name of the session, so in your case > $stuff will contain "PHPSESSID" > and i think you have to call session_start(); before you do > $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["username"] = $username; > > so perhaps this will work: > > session_name("hasLoggedIn"); > $stuff = session_name(); > session_start(); > $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["username"] = $username; > > Regards, Michael > > "Phil Powell" <soazine@erols.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:20020418094249.30058.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > Will the following lines set up a session by the name of "hasLoggedIn" > with > > HTTP_SESSION_VARS["username"]? > > > > $stuff = session_name("hasLoggedIn"); > > $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["username"] = $username; > > session_start(); > > > > I am trying to create a page that sets a session variable upon successful > > login, problem is, the session_name() never changes it always remains the > > default PHPSESSID what am I doing wrong now? > > > > I fixed the problem with multiple files, that was bizarre! > > > > Thanx > > Phil > > > > > >