string assignment problem

NoBullMan

Hi,
I am setting an associative array's element to a string but for some reason only the first character of the string gets assigned.
I use error_log to display the values and the string's value prints out correctly but the array element doesn't.

$_SESSION['locations'][$optionnum] = $locations;
error_log("locations=".$locations,3,"debug.txt");
error_log("\nsession[locations]=".$_SESSION['locations'][$optionnum],3,"debug.txt");

In the debug.txt, I see:

locations=Warehouse
session[locations]=W

laserlight

Does this occur for different values of $optionnum?

NoBullMan

Yes. It does not depend on the value of $optionnum.

laserlight

hmm...
as in it doesnt matter what value of $optionnum, you always get:

session[locations]=W

With the given information, I cant reproduce anything myself, so you have to give more information.

NoBullMan

Basically, the value of "locations" is passed to the PHP file from a submitted form:

...
<input type="text" name="option_num" value="">
<input type="text" name="locations" value="">
...

in the PHP file:

session_start();

// snip

  if ($_POST['option_num'])
    $optionnum = $_POST['option_num'];
  if ($_POST['locations']) 
    $locations  = $_POST['locations'];
..
..
  $_SESSION['locations'][$optionnum] = $locations;

//error_log("\locations=".$locations,3,"debug.txt");
//error_log("\session[locations]=".$_SESSION['locations'][$optionnum],3,"debug.txt");

laserlight

hmm... why are you using $option_num in one place and $optionnum in another?

Might be good to set error_reporting to E_ALL, so that you can catch notices as well.

NoBullMan

Hi,
$option_num is the field name in the form that submits to the PHP file. In the file I set it equal to $optionnum. I guess I should have used the same format, but it is just a naming thing.
$optionnum=$_POST['option_num']