Hi,
Friday, October 22, 2004, 4:10:50 PM, you wrote:
HS> Hi
HS> I am a PHP newbie from a Java/C/Oracle background. I
HS> cannot seem to get session management with PHP
HS> working.
HS> <?php
HS> #echo 1;
HS> $old = ini_set('session.use_cookies', 0);
HS> session_start();
HS> $username = $_REQUEST["username"];
HS> session_register($username);
HS> echo "old=".$old;
HS> echo $username;
HS> include_once("db_security.inc");
HS> echo "PHPSESSID=".$PHPSESSID."\n";
HS> $Postfrom = $_REQUEST["username"];
HS> $Postpass = $_REQUEST["password"];
HS> if (__user_authenticate($Postfrom,$Postpass))
HS> {
HS> $display = '>>Welcome '.$Postfrom.' !';
HS> echo '<a href="ht_next.php">Next</a>';
HS> echo $display;
HS> } else {
HS> echo "Login Failed!";
HS> }
?>>
HS> In ht_next.php I have:
HS> <?php
HS> session_start();
HS> echo $username;
?>>
HS> $username seems to be empty at this point.
HS> echo "PHPSESSID=".$PHPSESSID."\n";
HS> in the first script does not produce any output
HS> either.
It is best to use
session_start();
.
.//get username
.
$_SESSION['username'] = $username;
then on the next page
session_start();
echo (isset($_SESSION['username']))? $_SESSION['username'] : 'Not in session';
PHP does not fill global variables by default.
--
regards,
Tom
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