Re: Session management issues

I have session problems too. This script is on the second page the session is set on the first if(!session_is_registered("SESSION_UID")) { header("Location: error.php?ec=1"); exit; } now even though the session is set this is redirecting me to error.php If i comment this out and run it, it works of course. uncomment it and it still works. How can it work the second time and not the first??? You need a session either way Brendon "Eric Pankoke" <epankoke@csdatasol.net> wrote in message news:5.1.0.14.0.20011025002418.00a30ae0@mail.csdatasol.net... > There are two potential problems (unless, of course, there's more to your > pages than what you're showing us). Do you put a session_start() at the > top of each page? If not, you won't be able to share variables across > pages. Also, are you sure the session id is getting passed to each > page? If not, it will start a new session each time and your variables > will never be registered. Also, you shouldn't need the second > session_start() in the else block of the login page. > > At 11:28 AM 10/24/01 -0600, Jason McIntyre wrote: > >Hi there: > >I am using PHP 4+ and MySQL to manage access to secured areas on a website. > >My problem is that my session functions don't seem to be working properly. > >Even after I start and register a session variable, my function to check > >that session variable says that it doesn't exist. Help! > > > >Here are the scripts: > > > >Login page: > > > ><? > > require_once("db_con.php"); -creates the database connection > > require_once("user_auth.php"); - authenticates user in database > > session_start(); > > > > if($txtUsername && $txtPassword) > > { > > $result = login($txtUsername, $txtPassword); > > if (!$result) > > { > > header("Location: loginerror.php"); > > } > > else > > { > > session_start(); > > session_register("valid_user"); > > $valid_user = $result; - this passes in the unique id of the person who > >logged in. > > header("Location: ../memberso/default.php?idccacon=".$valid_user); > > } > > exit; > > } > >?> > >--------------------------------- > >Now if the user exists it opens the ...default.php page, which has this code > >... > ><? > >require_once("valid_user.php"); > >check_valid_user(); - which is in the valid_user.php > > > > > >This is the function that is called. > > > ><? > > function check_valid_user() > > { > > global $valid_user; > > if (!session_is_registered("valid_user")) > > header("Location: ../secure/accesserror.php"); > > } > >?> > > > > > >thx! > >Jason > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >