PHP Sucks or I Suck...

[Anon]

at coding php...

PLEASE, someone tell what I have wrong...
I know you are tired of me posting about this session crap and TRUST me, I am tired of writing about it.

My session variable is not able to be accessed once it is written to the session file.

Example:

<?php
session_start();

function insertstats() {
if (!isset($ses_visitorid)) {
session_register('ses_visitorid');
global $ses_visitorid;
$ses_visitorid = $newvisitorid;
echo "insert id:" . $ses_visitorid;
}
}

fuction trackvisitor() {
echo "track id:" . $ses_visitorid;
}

The code will display the id in insertstats()
BUT WILL not display the id in trackvisitor()!!!!!

I don't know why it does not, DO YOU?
version of php 4.0.6
Here is my php.ini setting for sessions:

[Session]
session.save_handler = files

;session.save_path = c:\temp
session.save_path = /home/oldpraguemarket/www/ses

session.use_cookies = 1
session.name = PHPSESSID
session.auto_start = 1
session.cookie_lifetime = 0
session.cookie_path = /
session.cookie_domain =
session.serialize_handler = php
session.gc_probability = 1
session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440
session.referer_check =
session.entropy_length = 0
session.entropy_file =
;session.entropy_length = 16
;session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom
session.cache_limiter = nocache
session.cache_expire = 180
session.use_trans_sid = 1
url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry"

ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED

[Anon]

U SUCK

[Anon]

fuction trackvisitor() {
echo "track id:" . $ses_visitorid;
}

I think you have to declare the $ses_visitorid as global inside the function (too?), so try:

fuction trackvisitor() {
global $ses_visitorid;
echo "track id:" . $ses_visitorid;
}

.samuli

[Anon]

there are a couple things you are doing wrong.
first, you need to use a global variable for
your session variable. second, you are first
checking if the variable is not set and if
that check is true, you register the variable.
well, you are essentially writing nothing to
your session because a variable with the name
"ses_visitorid does not exist. so you need to
first make your variable global, then set the
variable with the data you want, then register
the variable into the session. then you will
be able to access it.

[Anon]

THANK YOU...
Mark, thank you also,

You have to have declare the session variable( global $ses_visitorid; )
every place you want to use it.

I guess I just thought that declaring the value again would set it back to null.

I guess I need to revisit the "SCOPE" section again 🙂

PS. Sorry about this, but

Hey, Homo... I mean gomo,
Go ____ yourself!

[Anon]

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