Sessions and variables

[seanpaulcail]

I am new to PHP and sessions.

I am currently creating a twelve page form and I need to use a session fo every page to keep the user input intact, which will later be emailed to the client.

The user inputs a variable on page one I, have this code

<? session_start();


FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="page2.php">
Enter your Name: <input type="text" name="name">
<input type="SUBMIT" value="Submit"> 
?>

Then on page two I register the variable with this code:

<?session_start();

// Get the user's input from the form
$name = $_POST['name'];

// Create a new Session Value 
session_register('name');

// Register the input with the value
$_SESSION['name'] = $name;
 ?>

Then page two will display another html form will be sent to page three for processing. . . . etc.

I just want to make sure I am doing this correctly and not making any mistakes or coding improperly.

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks

[planetsim]

When using $_SESSION or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS you do not need to use session_register

The way id create the session if you have that many forms is to create the session as an array.

so

session_start();
$name = $_POST['name']; 

$_SESSION['forminput'] = array();
$_SESSION['forminput']['name'] = $name;