Hi I have sessions working like a charm, i use it for my user login vars and so on, here is the settings i used. register_globals = Off session.use_cookies = 1 and switch on session.trans_sid if you know that not all your users will have cookies turned on This worked for me Johan ""Suamya Srivastava"" <suamya.srivastava@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:36622.192.168.1.67.1187955278.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hi.. > > in the settings, session.use_cookies is turned ON but session.trans_sid is > turned OFF. do i need to enable this as well? > by doing this can i disable the register_globals? > - suamya > > > > Hi > > Me again > > Check on Your setting -> ; Whether to use cookies. > > session.use_cookies = 1 > > session variable is saved here if the user have cookies turned off it will > > still work if your have trans-sid turn on. > > BTW you don't have to use a dropdown radio buttons or tick box will work > > as > > well > > Johan > > ""Suamya Srivastava"" <suamya.srivastava@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:48607.192.168.1.67.1187950519.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Thank you all for the help. > >> I did not want to use dropdown box..that was the very reason i was > >> wondering if I can pass the variables through a hyperlink. I used $_GET > >> and it worked fine. However, as mentioned in the posts its not advisable > >> to use $_REQUEST. Could you please elaborate on the reason? > >> This brings me to another question.... > >> I have registered a variable as a session variable so that I can use it > >> on > >> any page during that session. HOwever, this was not working when I first > >> tried it. I read somewhere that I need to enable register_globals. On > >> doing so, it worked and I could access my session variable on any other > >> page. Is this wrong? Is there an alternative? Please suggest. > >> > >> - suamya > >> > >> > On 8/24/07, Goltsios Theodore <tgol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> the posted or got option buy using the $_REQUEST array ($_GET and > > $_POST > >> >> are > >> >> included in that like a less lame solution). Let's say you have a > >> > > >> > Please do not encourage the use of $_REQUEST. > >> > > >> > You might as well just tell people to enable register_globals again. > >> > > >> > Use $_GET, $_POST, $_SESSION, $_COOKIE, $_SERVER, etc. for the > >> > appropriate source of data. $_REQUEST is laziness and introduces most > >> > of the same issues that was the reasoning behind disabling > >> > register_globals to begin with. > >> > > >> > (As for dropdowns, that's just an in-browser method of collecting data > >> > and sending the key/value pairs in POST or GET... IMHO the HTML > >> > portion should already be known before someone steps into the realm of > >> > PHP and server-side programming) > >> > > >> > - mike > >> > > >> > -- > >> > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >> > believed to be clean. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >> believed to be clean. > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
