[Resolved] keeping $_SESSION variable alive

[sbbrown]

Sorry - this is probably a basic question...

I am trying to use $_SESSION variables and want to use them to display data and store variables for later processing across several pages.

I can pass a variable from an input form field 'company" to a session by using $company = $_SESSION['company'] ; and $company displays fine on the next page. But it will not display on any page after that. What did I miss?

I start each page with session_start() and also for debugging I display session_id() and it remains the same across each page.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[devinemke]

use $_SESSION['company'] instead of $company

[sbbrown]

Should I be using $POST instead? I seem to have trouble assigning the form input to $SESSION - since its a superglobal, I assumed that it would pick up the form input name as a variable but now I'm not sure.

[devinemke]

if you have form data that you want to keep accross multiple page accesses then simply stick the $POST array in the $SESSION array.

[onion2k]

I can pass a variable from an input form field 'company" to a session by using $company = $_SESSION['company'] ;

Surely you mean $_SESSION['company'] = $company; ?

[sbbrown]

Devinemke & Onion2k;

Hey, thanks for your help. I made $SESSION['company'] = $POST['company'] and now the input value carries across all the subsequent pages. I am now able to turn off register_globals too.