it seem the poster already have the answer.. what he/she going to do was how to save username and pass on session. thx for your help ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> To: "bedul" <landavia81@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Chetanji" <chetan_graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] $_POST["mypassword"]; ***Undefined index: mypassword > [ taking php-windows out again :P ] > > bedul wrote: > > the problem is right here (said on error msg): > > session_register("myusername"); session_register("mypassword"); > > > > u should use session_register("myusername") after declare the name. > > i taken from my php chm > > > > It is currently impossible to register resource variables in a session. For example, you cannot create a connection to a database and store the connection id as a session variable and expect the connection to still be valid the next time the session is restored. PHP functions that return a resource are identified by having a return type of resource in their function definition. A list of functions that return resources are available in the resource types appendix. > > > > if you understand what statement above.. conguration, if not.. don't shock.. me either. > > You can't store database connections in a session. > > Ie you can't: > > $connection = mysql_connect(....); > > $_SESSION['DbConnection'] = $connection; > > > because the HTTP protocol (and thus PHP) is stateless - you don't know > where the next connection is coming from or even if there is another > connection coming. > > If there is another HTTP request, you have no way of linking request '1' > (where the database connection was set up) to request '47' in the chain. > > -- > Postgresql & php tutorials > http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php