Arrays and Sessions

[Anon]

Hello everyone,

I hate to ask a question that has probably been covered here before, but I just could not find an adequate discussion of the problem.

I am using PHP 4.0.0 and trying to pass an array using session_register from one page to another. All of the other variables pass wonderfully, but the arrays come through blank (on the next page).

I have something like this on the first page:
...
session_start();
...
$my_array = array($filename1,$filename2,$filename3);
session_register('my_array');
...

The array definitely contains values because they are presentable on the first page.

On the second page, I just want to access the array again, but all the data is gone.

I cannot find specific documentation regarding passing arrays through a session. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
James

[Anon]

James,
I know this sounds dumb, but did you call session_start() on your second page? I know I've overlooked it before.

-S

[Anon]

Yes, I've called session_start(); on the second page and the non-array variables that I registered on the previous page are available.

Only the arrays are not.

Thanks for your help,
James

[Anon]

I know that is no real help for you, but I never treated arrays different than variables in sessions... I pass a lot of arrays from one page to another and they are always ok.... But your snippet looks good too ... sorry can't help but only say that there shouldn't be a problem in passing an array to the next page ... Look trough your code for "dump" errors (the mashine is never wrong :-))

cya Rob