Global variables in frameset?

[Anon]

Hello,

I have a static html logon form that prompts a user for username and password and submits that information to a page we'll call "main.php". "Main.php" queries a database and if it finds at least on instance of the username and password it echos a frameset with four seperate frames using four different pages respectively as their source. My problem is, I need to be able to access the username and password variables that were passed from the login page to "Main.php", but they are not valid in any of the pages contained in the frameset! I would use a cookie, but I'm developing this site for an intranet which lacks a domain name required for cookies. Does anyone have any ideas of what to do?

Sincerely,

Craig Snowbarger

[Anon]

(I got this out of a book i'm using... wrox beginning php4 - chapter 8)

When you start a PHP session, the server will assign it a SID (session identifier). A reference number kept on the server. Any variables that you register as session variables will be stored on the server in a cookie-like file. The name of the file will generally be the same as the value of the SID.
All the client has to do to access this data is to include the SID in their request to the server. They can use a hidden form field, a query string, a cookie, just as long as the SID makes it into the HTTP request.

If this helps - great.
If you get through your tasks - and have time will you consider my problem. It relates to having bad headers created because of my database connection string.

see the thread "CGI error - header problems".
thanks.tim watrous [e-mail]