[RESOLVED] register a session variable

[dewen]

I was trying to register a variable in session with:

session_start()
$_SESSION[12345] = true;

but failed to find it in next page load. If I change

$_SESSION[12345] = true;

into

$_SESSION['ABCDE'] = true;

then it works!

Does it happen to you?

<?php
session_start()
$_SESSION[12345] = true;
var_dump($_SESSION[12345]); // this is ok here, problem is on next page
?>

[dfr574]

I have always had to use single quotes when registering session variables.

[toxic_brain]

$_SESSION[12345] = true;

when u use this , php trying to set 12345 th array element of $_SESSION array to 'true',....

[drew010]

The keys in the $_SESSION associative array are subject to the same limitations as regular variable names in PHP, i.e. they cannot start with a number and must start with a letter or underscore. For more details see the section on variables in this manual.

unfortunately the session keys arent as flexible as array keys, so you cant assign random numbers as keys or number at all for that matter.

[dewen]

Thanks!