sessions!

[skiing900]

I have a slight problem. I use a MySQL database for login, then use the session_register('userpriv') which is an array of privileges. It works fine with the login and logout page which have the following ways to asign if you are logged in

session_start();
session_register('userpriv');
$userpriv['login'] = 1;

Then the following to log out

session_start();
session_unset();
session_destroy();

Which works fine. I have other user only sites that use that var and works fine. But, I have a menu system that doesn't recognize the session. The menu that has the PHP is a required file in a function of a class called from an included file from the main page. The PHP execution works fine for the menu system, but the simple check below shows that something is not getting into the object to allow sessions

Log in check code

session_start();
if($userpriv['login'] != 1)
{
?>Menu info to be printed<?
}

I am very confused on what the actually problem is. Any suggestions on how to get that object to accept that same session?

Thanks

PS, I checked session ID's and they are the same!

[skiing900]

By the way, I must have a solution very soon because this is needed for a high school's band website. Please respond ASAP! Thanks 😉

[yelvington]

Without looking at all of your code, this is just a guess, but ... you're probably tripping over a variable scoping issue.

Non-local variables are not visible within a PHP function unless they are specifically declared as global. This is upside-down from some other programming languages.

The so-called Superglobals are an exception. Try the _SESSION[] notation.

[skiing900]

I've also tried that, but no success. Should I just read the session info I want from the calling page and plug in into the function?