SESSION compatibility

deezzer

HI. a bit frustrated. I'm trying to get my sessions to work and it does on some computers and others it doesn't.

So this is what i'm doing...

I first call the session which is:
session_start();

i do this in the main php page. Note that i do have 'require' files that use session variables, and i have tried calling all other pages the 'session_start();, but i don't believe this is nessessary.

and the second thing is that i just go ahead and start assigning values to the session doing this:
$_SESSION['phpbuilder'] = 'is great...thank gawd for it';

is there something in between these two steps i'm missing?

Thanks..

DOminic SOn :mad:

Wynder

page1.php

<?php
session_start(); //required on EVERY page so it knows to look for the session file!

$_SESSION['newvar'] = "Greetings, Earthlings!";

echo "<a href=page2.php>Next Page</a>";
?>

page2.php

<?php
session_start();

echo $_SESSION['newvar'];
?>

This is the basis for how sessions work.

deezzer wrote:
HI. a bit frustrated. I'm trying to get my sessions to work and it does on some computers and others it doesn't.

So this is what i'm doing...

I first call the session which is:
session_start();

i do this in the main php page. Note that i do have 'require' files that use session variables, and i have tried calling all other pages the 'session_start();, but i don't believe this is nessessary.

and the second thing is that i just go ahead and start assigning values to the session doing this:
$_SESSION['phpbuilder'] = 'is great...thank gawd for it';

is there something in between these two steps i'm missing?

Thanks..

DOminic SOn :mad:

thorpe

it does on some computers and others it doesn't.

Sessions rely on cookies being anabled on the client. Have you checked that cookies are enabled in all browsers?

deezzer

I tought the reason to use SESSIONS is because clients may have their cookies turned off...

And thanks, i will be sure to put session_start() on any new page with SESSION variables..

Dominic Son