Sessions What am I doing wrong??

[UrNsO]

I am very new to PHP programming. I'm not even sure if I'm going about this the right way. I am going to post 3 test scripts hoping that someone can tell me where I have gone wrong.

This form should take the info to test2.php and my test is to keep the variables available across multiple scripts.

File: Test1.php

<?php

//starting session
session_start ();

//setting global variables
global $name, $login, $sessiondata;

//register session varaiables
session_register("name");
session_register("login");
session_register("sessiondata");


?>

<form action="test2.php" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
Login: <input type="text" name="login"><br>
Sessiondata: <input type="text" name="sessiondata"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

This is the script that is called by the form. It should just print the data the user submitted but nothing is happening. everything is blank.
File: Test2.php

<?php

//starting session
session_start ();

//setting global variables
global $name, $login, $sessiondata;

//register session varaiables
session_register("name");
session_register("login");
session_register("sessiondata");

print (" Welcome $name <br> ");
print (" Your login is: $login <br> ");
print (" Current data entered is: $sessiondata <br> ");
print (" <a href=test3.php> Test transfer to next php page3 </a> ");

?>

The final script is just a duplicate of test2.php. Just trying to see if the variables are carrying over from script to script. They aren't!!

File: Test3.php

<?php

//starting session
session_start ();

//setting global variables
global $name, $login, $sessiondata;

//register session varaiables
session_register("name");
session_register("login");
session_register("sessiondata");

print (" Welcome $name <br> ");
print (" Your login is: $login <br> ");
print (" Current data entered is: $sessiondata <br> ");
print (" <a href=test2.php> Test transfer to next php page2 </a> ");

?>

I had some problems with my \tmp and my session.save directory. I have since cleared that problem and I am now seeing the session files being saved in the temp directory I have set in the php.ini file. It seems as though the scripts cannot access them to get the variables that have been set.

I hope someone can help me out here.. 😕 😕 😕

[devinemke]

Test1.php:

<? session_start () ?>

<form action="test2.php" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
Login: <input type="text" name="login"><br>
Sessiondata: <input type="text" name="sessiondata"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

Test2.php

<?
session_start ();
$_SESSION = $_POST;

print ('Welcome ' . $_SESSION['name'] . '<br>');
print ('Your login is: ' . $_SESSION['login'] .  '<br>');
print ('Current data entered is: ' . $_SESSION['sessiondata'] . '<br>');
print ('<a href="test3.php">Test transfer to next php page3</a>');
?>

Test3.php

<?
session_start ();

print ('Welcome ' . $_SESSION['name'] . '<br>');
print ('Your login is: ' . $_SESSION['login'] .  '<br>');
print ('Current data entered is: ' . $_SESSION['sessiondata'] . '<br>');
?>

[penguinboy]

test1.php
//your form

<form action="test2.php" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
Login: <input type="text" name="login"><br>
Sessiondata: <input type="text" name="sessiondata"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

test2.php
//after you post from your form

<?php

//starting session
session_start ();

$name = $_POST[name];
$login = $_POST[login];
$sessiondata = $_POST[sessiondata];

//register session varaiables
session_register("name");
session_register("login");
session_register("sessiondata");

print (" Welcome $_SESSION[name] <br> ");
print (" Your login is: $_SESSION[login] <br> ");
print (" Current data entered is: $_SESSION[sessiondata] <br> ");
print (" <a href=test3.php> Test transfer to next php page3 </a> ");

?>

test3.php
//check to see if the session works
<?php

//starting session
session_start ();

print (" Welcome $_SESSION[name] <br> ");
print (" Your login is: $_SESSION[login] <br> ");
print (" Current data entered is: $_SESSION[sessiondata] <br> ");
print (" <a href=test2.php> Test transfer to next php page2 </a> ");

?>