Sessions kill my javascript

Bradford

I have a PHP script for writing and storing content that calls itself when submitted.
Depending on whether the user selects an option to publish or write another page, the script either outputs another form or writes all data to a database.
I'm using javascript and buttons to add data to certain fields and one or two other things. Everything is good so far.

Then I add session_start(); to the first line after <?php and the javascript completely dies. None of it will work. But when I either submit the form, or simply refresh the page, the javascript works again.

I don't expect some magic solution, but if someone could point me in the direction of anything I could investigate, that'd be great stuff. 😉

Mega

they cant interfere, the session is done on the server side, then the browser interprets the javascript entirely away from the session.

Bradford

I know. That's why I'm confused.

I simply add session_start(); and it kills the javascript dead the first time the page is sent to the browser.

I'm running locally with IIS under WIn2K if that makes any deifference.

Bradford

I've narrowed it down considerably. I had an inkling that the PHP might be outputting something to screw the javascript because of the session.

		if (arg1 == 2)
		{
			var text = prompt("Type any text you want to appear as the link"," ")
			if (text != " " && text != null)
			{
				var text2 = prompt("Enter the URL"," ")
				if (text2 != " " && text2 != null)
				{
 				document.posterForm.content.value+='<a href="' + text2 + '">' + text + '</a>'
				}
			}
		}

that's a small function to include links in a text area. However, on the first script to use session_start(); what is actually sent to the browser is

document.posterForm.content.value+='<a href="' + text2 + '?PHPSESSID=4d6f74dcfe21bc38890816042797e501">' + text + '</a>'

(This is the sligthly edited version to the one that was malfunctioning by the way. Now it adds the session id to the link URL.)

Mega

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php