updating a session variable

[Anon]

Hello folks,

The code i have written is slightly involved
but what i am attempting to do is to alter my site ,which previously relied heavily on url tagging, in favour of storing data on the server using sessions

What i would like to know
is whether i can update a session variable on the server
by tagging the value on the url (?page =1)and sending it to the server when the user clicks on the link, which would then update the session variable $page=0 to $page=1.

In principle is this possible?

If possible under what possible circumstances might it not work and insist on keeping its initial value $page=0
(that is the situation i am in ?? )

perhaps scoping problem..

my session variable are stored in /windows/temp/

does the url version of $page=0 go somewhere else maybe..

Has anyone out ther had a similar problem and found a solution...

help.. AH! help ...

[jc94062]

Hmmm, well, from what I can understand try this...

<a href='www.mysite.com/index.php?page=1>Link</a>

and at the top of the index.php page...

<?
if ($page == '1') {
//stuff to update db
}
?>

now, when someone clicks link, it loads up the index page, and sets the $page value to be 1, the index page sees this, and updates the db accordingly, another way is of course...

<?
if (isset($page)) {
/
put in stuff to update db, how to update
depending upon the page variable, ie
UPDATE table WHERE something='$page'
/
}
?>

Hope that helps somewhat.