Edward,
Are you certain that you have issued the session_start() call at the
beginning of the page? According to the session stuff on PHP.NET, you need
to make sure you have session_start() at the top of the page before you do
anything else with the session. For example, I have on one of my simpler
pages:
session_start();
session_register("isRegistering");
$_SESSION["isRegistering"] = "true";
header("Location: http://mywebsite.php";); /* Redirect browser */
Furthermore, your register_globals setting will have some impact on your
syntax.
See http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php
Hope that helped.
Rich
> -----Original Message-----
> From: .ma [mailto:grillen@abendstille.at]
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 11:57 AM
> To: PHP-DB
> Subject: Re: setting session variables via a form
>
>
> hi
>
> maybe try the invers (anyways you havn't defined an
> action-attribute -
> maybe this is a problem?):
>
> if(!isset($_SESSION['item_details']) || (
> isset($_SESSION['item_details'] && $_SESSION['item_details']) {
> echo '<form name="myForm" method="post"
> action="'.basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).'">'.
> '<input name="view_details"
> type="hidden" value="yes">'.
> '<input type="submit" value="View
> Descriptions">'.
> '</form>';
> else
> $_SESSION['item_details'] = 'yes';
>
> hope i understood you right and this helps?
>
> .ma
>
> e: grillen@abendstille.at
> w: http://www.abendstille.at
>
> # life would be easier if i knew the source code
>
> Am Montag, 16.06.03 um 17:16 Uhr schrieb Becoming Digital:
>
> > Despite my best efforts, I can't seem to set session
> variables via a
> > basic form.
> > I'm trying to use a button to alter display settings, which
> should be
> > a simple
> > task, but apparently it is not. Here's the code I'm working with.
> >
> > <?
> > if( (!isset( $_POST['view_details'] )) &&
> ($_SESSION['item_details']
> > != "yes") )
> > {
> > print "<form method=\"post\">";
> > print "<input type=\"button\" name=\"view_details\"
> > value=\"View
> > Descriptions\" />";
> > print "</form>";
> > }
> > else
> > $_SESSION['item_details'] = "yes";
> > ?>
> >
> >
> > My session I have tried a number of different solutions, including
> > removing
> > session_start() from its calling function and various
> things I might
> > otherwise
> > overlook. I'm sure that I'm overlooking something easy but I can't
> > figure out
> > what it is. The session variable simply isn't being set,
> as confirmed
> > by
> > printing its value (and by things not working!). Thanks a
> lot for any
> > and all
> > suggestions.
> >
> > Edward Dudlik
> > Becoming Digital
> > www.becomingdigital.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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