Session woes

Arc

I cant figure out why i cant carry a session over to other pages.


On the log in page i have at the very top before any html,
<?php
	session_start();
     session_register("UserName");
?>

Then on the other pages i check to if there is a session going

<?php
If(session_is_registered("UserName")){
Print "session is registered";
} 
else {
Print "session is  NOT registered";

}
?>

And it always prints session NOT registered....why is this?

Thanks!😃

levi_501_dehaan

try this:

loginpage
<?php
$UserName = "yourusername";
session_start();
session_register("UserName");
?>

otherpage

<?php
If(session_is_registered("UserName")){
Print "session is registered";
}
else {
Print "session is NOT registered";

}
?>

or try
<?php
If(isset($_SESSION)){
Print "session is registered";
}
else {
Print "session is NOT registered";

}
?>

Arc

nope it's not working...any other suggestions?

levi_501_dehaan

try this

<?php
If(isset($_SESSION)){
Print "session is registered";
}
else {
Print "session is NOT registered";

}
?>

Arc

I have these 2 pages.

<?php
session_start();
	$UserName = "test";
     session_register("UserName");
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<form name="form1" method="post" action="test2.php">
  <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

And

<?php
If(session_is_registered("UserName")){
	 Print "session is registered";
} 
else {
Print "session is  NOT registered";
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
</body>
</html>

That is the whole pages and i get session is NOT registered...any idea why?

Thanks!😃

levi_501_dehaan

well first off $UserName has to have an actual value.
ie $UserName = "dude";

then it may work.
also you may want to try doing what i said in the previous post, using $_SESSION to check to see if your session is set.

Arc

did you read my next post? i set the value as "test"..

Also using $_SESSION is not really any difference. session_is_registered("Variable") is the way all the books say to do it...soi assume it should work..

Arc

If i put all the code on 1 page it says the seesion is registered..but if i try to carry the session over to other pages it says the session is not registered...i'm using the same code for both.

Arc

nm i figured it out... i have to put Session_Start(); on every page.

levi_501_dehaan

😃 yes that would be helpful.
also make sure it is at the very top of your page, before you have any code or output.
it put it at the top
<? session_start(); ?>
i assumed you had that set.
sorry i couldn't help.
also so you know when you register session the variable has to have a value.
books are good, but
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-=Levi=-