Questions about session variables, I think.

[Stahler]

Hi folks. I was writing a login script that uses session variables to register a user. As I understand it, once a session variable is created, it can be called upon in other php scripts later on, right?

Now, a person logs in and I provide a link for them on their login screen. The target of the link loads a new page, its content is based on a database entry that is accessed using their username and password (that way each login is personalized). But, when I click on the link, I get one of three things:

1. if the target page is html, it views it no problem.
2. if the target page is html with a <?php SOME CODE HERE ?> in it, it comes up blank on the screen.
3. if the target page has a php extension and php code within it, an error 404 message comes up telling me that the page doesn’t exist.

Can someone help explain to me why I see this, and/or offer a suggestion or an alternate way to provide personalized login pages.

TIA

Doug

[AstroTeg]

Originally posted by Stahler
As I understand it, once a session variable is created, it can be called upon in other php scripts later on, right?

Yes, as long as you call session_start() on those PHP pages you wish to access the session data from, the session hasn't timed out, and the session takes place all on the same domain name.

As for your page display issues, if you're getting 404 errors, you have an issue with where you're redirecting your users. Check your URL strings and make sure they point to valid files. Otherwise, there's not enough information to determine the issue to why the pages are not displaying properly.