Gregory,
Values in the $_SESSION superglobal will persist over pages so long as
session_start() is called on each page.
Cheers,
David Grant
Gregory Machin wrote:
> I have a test script..
> What i'm trying to achieve is once the user has clicked on link1 the
> value of item must equal x and if the user clicks on link2 the value of
> items must stay equal to x while setting action equal to y ..
>
> <?php
> session_start();
> echo 'Welcome to testpg';
> $_SESSION['time'] = time();
>
>
> if (isset($_GET['item'])){
> $_SESSION['item'] = $_GET['item'];
> echo $_SESSION['item'];
> }
>
> if (isset($_GET['action'])){
> $_SESSION['action'] = $_GET['action'];
> echo $_SESSION['action'];
> }
>
>
> ?>
> <html><br /><a href="test.php?item=x&<?php echo strip_tags(SID);
> ?>">link1</a></html>
> <html><br /><a href="test.php?action=y&<?php echo strip_tags(SID);
> ?>">link2</a></html>
>
> thanks
>
> On 11/24/05, * David Grant* <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> Gregory,
>
> Are you always setting $_SESSION['menu'] to the contents of
> $_GET['menu']? If so, the second link will set $_SESSION['menu'] to
> null. You need to check the contents of $_GET['menu'] first before
> setting, i.e.
>
> if (isset($_GET['menu']))
> $_SESSION['menu'] = $_GET['menu'];
>
> Cheers,
>
> David Grant
>
> Gregory Machin wrote:
> > Hi
> > I'm a bit stuck on session var, and thier implamentation, or my
> perseption
> > thier of.
> > I have a page and need certian vars to be persistat each time the
> page is
> > called.
> > This is done to detmin the content of the page through logic that
> calls
> > different includes.
> >
> > But I cant get the vars to be persistant.
> > note the page call it's self.
> >
> > ./index.php
> > <?php
> > session_start();
> > $_SESSION['menu']
> >
> > ?>
> > <html><A href=./index.php?menu=1>option 1</A></html> // this works
> > <html><A href=./index.php?other=do>differnt action</A></html> //
> this brakes
> > it . when the user links here the 'menu' var is cleared
> > <?php $_SESSION['menu'] = $_GET['menu'];
> > echo $_SESSION['menu'];
> >
> > ?>
> >
> > I would like the menu var (and others) to be persistant until it
> is reset or
> > updated. how do I acheave this .
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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