Do I have sessions correct?

[sgtpepper]

I have two scripts. A search form and a main script that does the query and output...

On my searchform I have this

<?
session_start();
?>

and

<select size="7" name="selecttown" multiple>
<option value="village">viallge</option>
<option value="town">town</option>
</select>

(Of course other form code....)

The search posts to another scipt with the query containing variables....this script looks like

<?
session_start();
$pref="$selecttown";
session_register("pref");

and

$numresults = mysql_query("SELECT town, list_price, bedrooms, baths, room......(other stuf)
WHERE town = '$pref'"); // the query.
(Of course other code....but this is the important stuff....)

This will show the results correctly....execpt when I click on any of the pagination....results not found error.

if I hardcode the WHERE statement to a specific town it works great. I must not have the session configured correctly....I'll still work on it...but based on what I gave you above....does anything obvious jump out at you?

[kevinsequeira]

instead of session pass the values of $pref in the next and previous links like so page.php?pref=$pref along with the other values like page number etc ..

reg
kevin

[sgtpepper]

Hmmm....thank you.

But I am puzzled.....why is it that if I hardcode the WHERE statement everything works correctly....it seems that all I need to do is somehow keep the variable.

[kevinsequeira]

here is the issue

session_start();
$pref="$selecttown";
session_register("pref");

now u have registered pref, the first time its fine cause, u submit from a form, but when u use the next and previous link, there is no $selecttown so this line

$pref="$selecttown"; will be result in
$pref="";

so try this instead

session_start();
if(!isSet($pref)){
$pref="$selecttown";
}
session_register("pref");

reg
kevin