Question for you php gurus!

sonicsnoop

I purchased some code to do authentication as well as interface to paypal all written in php.. now my problem is this, Im having a very hard time decyphuring his code and figure out what variables are set once a person logs in.. is there any way I can make a test page and have it print out all the variables? variable name and value, with out knowing specificly what it is? I was able to figure out where the session id was stored but am having issues with it where sometimes its there and other times its not. Thanks for any help you can provide..

MrAlaska

I am more of a gueser than a guru, and I don't use sessions so I am not sure, but I think the session variables are stored in an array that you can grab something like this:

foreach($HTTP_SESSION_VARS as $key => $value){
echo $key.": ".$value."<br>";
}

Weedpacket

Originally posted by sonicsnoop
I purchased some code to do authentication as well as interface to paypal all written in php.. now my problem is this, Im having a very hard time decyphuring his code and figure out what variables are set once a person logs in..

Wot? No documentation? (Now how much would you pay?)

is there any way I can make a test page and have it print out all the variables? variable name and value, with out knowing specificly what it is?

Five minutes with the manual can save you two hours on the forums: get_defined_vars()

I was able to figure out where the session id was stored but am having issues with it where sometimes its there and other times its not

To see why, consult your neighbourhood PHP manual's section on session handling.

. Thanks for any help you can provide..

You're welcome.

koolkrazy

try using

echo phpinfo();

in the page where you wanna see the variables. this function will print out all the system variables for that script

sonicsnoop

That worked perfect Thank you all! Now will just have to work thru all the code and find my problem.. Thanks again..

koolkrazy

You are welcome 😉