note 20211 deleted from function.session-register by sniper

From: Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 00:46:30 +0000
Subject: note 20211 deleted from function.session-register by sniper
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Hi Just remembering ... to register variables on a session, they must be on the global scope... check this out: /* this won't work */ session_start(); function hello() { $mynumber = 4; session_register('mynumber'); } Later you'll see $_SESSION["mynumber"] contains nothing, because there's no $mynumber variable in the global scope... /* This works */ session_start(); function hello() { $GLOBALS['mynumber'] = 4; session_register('mynumber'); } /* *(remove %nospam% from email address for sending me feedback) */

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