correct me if i am wrong but i have been told it is bad and insecure to use register_global=on i have seen many comercial scripts that rely on this and it just makes me laugh On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:48:05 +0800, Shen Kong <shenkong@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, if your register_global = on you can do it like you do, if > register_global = off, use it like this: > > session_start(); > session_register("session_username"); //or $_SESSION["session_username"] > = null; > session_register("session_level"); // or $_SESSION["session_level"] = null; > > $_SESSION['session_username'] = "$username"; > $_SESSION['session_level'] = "$account_level"; > > echo $_SESSION['session_username']; > > Warren Mason åé: > > > > I am attempting to get information from a mysql database and then use > > this in a session. Is there a trick to using sessions? For example, can > > something like below be placed anywhere in a script? (I have the > > session_start(); at the very top of my page.) > > > > > > > > session_register( "session_username" ); > > session_register( "session_level" ); > > > > $session_username = "$username"; > > $session_level = "$account_level"; > > > > > > The resulting session is > > > > session_username|N;session_level|i:0; > > > > $username is set to warren and $account_level is set to 255. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have gone through about 5 > > books and searched the net and can't find an answer as to why this isn't > > working. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain > > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > > delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are > > those of the individual sender and are not necessarily the views of the > > Mid Western Area Health Service. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > <<<<gwavasig>>>> > > -- > -- ShenKong (shenkong(at)php.net) > -- http://www.openphp.cn > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Joseph Crawford Jr. Codebowl Solutions codebowl@xxxxxxxxx For a GMail account contact me OFF-LIST -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php