Sessions

[perrio]

Hello,

I have a script that has an .inc file included. The .inc file defines a function that is called from the original script. The .inc file syntax under investigation is :
//~~
session_start();
session_register("var1");
session_register("var2");
$var1 = "XXX";
$var2 = "YYY";

// end

ok, now the origional script prints an achor tag
with the <?=SID?> on the end. (it works fine)

this anchor Now will link me to another (3rd) script that I want to use to print the values of var1 and var2.

- even though the session_is_registered("varx");  returns a 1 in the 3rd script it will not pring the values ..!

Can anyone explain this? I'v tried all kinds of things.

I'm not using cookies and have register globals turned on.

If i were to put the bit of code above in a script with an <a> tag to the 3rd script and try to view the values of the varxs it WILL work.

I suspect there is a problem with my using a function with sessions.

thanks

[rheroux]

Are you using session_start() on the 3rd page?

To display any sessions variables on any page, you have to call session_start() at the top of the page.

And, instead of using session_register, I'd recommend using the $_SESSION[] variable array. This makes your code more portable.

[AstroTeg]

I don't see anything wrong with the code - but maybe the issue isn't jumping out at me.

I'd start troubleshooting at the browser and the code on the 3rd page.

Follow your process and on the 3rd page stop. Check your collection of cookies and determine if a cookie has been set for your site with something that looks like a session ID. If you don't find anything, then the session isn't being set in your browser - which leads back to a problem with your PHP code.

If your cookies show a session ID for your site, then on the 3rd page, include phpinfo() somewhere and browse the session data. Check if your 2 varables are making it in there. If not, then there's a problem with your PHP code on page 2.

If everything checks out and data and cookies are where they're supposed to be, then you may have a PHP code issue on page 3.