setting Session Variables

tyson

Hi there,

If I use session_register('someVar') and then set $someVar = "something" inside an include file - has the variable $someVar got session scope - can I access it from the calling script ? So far I can't !! What am I doing wrong here ?!

Thanks in advance !!

Tyson

viper21634

do you have it inside a function??, I just ran into the same problem a sec ago, if it is in a function, you just can define a session var from inside, if not, post your code, because I have one page that declares my session vars, then I include that page on my index page and use some of the vars, and it works just fine

tyson

hey,

heres more or less what I have :

Function SessionReg(){

            session_register('ftpconn');
session_register('Currdir');
session_register('ftpserver');
session_register('ftpUser');
session_register('ftpPass');

$ftpserver = "www.mysite.com";
$ftpuser = "director";
$ftpPass = "blahblah";

}
So this script gets included (require.. ) , then I call this function from the main page but it treats the $ftpserver, $ftpuser etc, as local vars - I'm probably missing some basic syntax !! only started
this pHP lark yesterday ! I assumed that because they were being declared as session vars php wouldn't treat them as local even though they were in a function. What do you reckon is wrong ?

Thanks!

Tyson

viper21634

what you want to do is this

Function SessionReg(){ 

session_register('ftpconn'); 
session_register('Currdir'); 
session_register('ftpserver'); 
session_register('ftpUser'); 
session_register('ftpPass'); 

global $ftpconn;
global $Currdir;
global $ftpserver;
global $ftpUser; 
global $ftpPass;

$ftpserver = "www.mysite.com"; 
$ftpuser = "director"; 
$ftpPass = "blahblah"; 

}

that way you can set them to global, and session vars, not keep in mind that just like unix PHP is VERY case sensitive so Ftpserver is not the same as ftpserver. Yeah, I am doing something close to that, and herve figured out that you can set them out of the function.

sweetkisses_net

If you using php 4.2+ I think you can use $_SESSION['var'] = "blahblah"; IMHO its better way to register session variables.

🙂

tyson

Does that mean that they are now global variables as well as session variables ?! or are global and session accessing the same memory here ?
Yaknow in ASP the way you can access anything in the servers session memory by a call to the session COM object - is this similar to how global / session works in php?

I need a drink.

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