Sessions...

[Anon]

Hi,

I have a quick question to ask about sessions.

I have a login page, that when successfully proccesses a user, setups some session variables such as fullname, userid etc.

The page that then opens after the login then displays the users fullname.

this is when i get this error...

Warning: Undefined variable: fullname_session in C:\WebRoot\php\board\msglist.php on line 16

if i dont close the browser but login again, that error doesnt appear and instead shows the fullname !!

can anyone help me with this ??

thanks

• Ben

[Anon]

Does $fullname_session come from session data?
If it does, look at the order in which you set and read those variables.

A common mistake with session data is that people access the data before they update it.
That would explain why ti works on the second login, because then the variable has been set by the first login attempt. (you should see the name of the previous login)

[Anon]

ok, heres the code i have at the top of my login processing page...

<?
session_start();
session_register("fullname_session");
?>

i then give fullname a value a bit later on doing this...

$fullname_session=odbc_result($rstemp_query,"name");

then i redirec to the next page, the one i want to dispplay the name on. at the top of this page...

<?
session_start();
session_register("fullname_session");
?>

and to retrieve that value i do...

<? echo $fullname_session; ?>

i checked to see if it was storing the previous name when you login again, but it doesnt, it displays the corect name of the different user.

🙂

[Anon]

i just check your code.. i would suggest you to try not using session register on the second page.. the var $fullname was already registered.. try to just use it on the second page.. may be...

<?
session_start();

and then you can use

$fullname = $HTTP_POST_VARS["fullname"];
echo $fullname;

or just

echo $fullname;

it may depends on your php.ini vars.

I hope it would help you.