can anyone help me with the codes below~?

jessiegao42

<?php
session_start();
$SESSION['EmployeeID'] = $EmployeeID;
$SESSION['Surname'] = $Surname;
$SESSION['GivenName'] = $GivenName;
$SESSION['EmployeeUsername'] = $EmployeeUsername;
$SESSION['EmployeePassword'] = $EmployeePassword;
$SESSION['EmployeeBonusValue'] = $EmployeeBonusValue;
$SESSION['EmployeeType'] = $EmployeeType;
$SESSION['Active'] = $Active;

how to write the pseudocode for it? i couldn't understand this chunk of codes which is about 'session'

laserlight

Giving you the pseudocode isnt going to help, since the code is so simple that it might as well be the pseudocode.

Read the PHP manual on Session Handling Functions instead.

Weedpacket

Pseudocode:

Start a [man]session[/man]
Put stuff in it

Rodney_H_

Weedpacket wrote:
Pseudocode:

Start a [man]session[/man]
Put stuff in it

LOL! I was just going to say: "SHA-ZAM!!!"

alsinha

for a code like that:
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['EmployeeID'] = $EmployeeID;

how would you access the value stored in $employee_ id from a different php file ?

esukf

<?php
session_start();

echo $_SESSION['EmployeeID'];

?>

Houdini

alsinha wrote:
for a code like that:
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['EmployeeID'] = $EmployeeID;

how would you access the value stored in $employee_ id from a different php file ?

theOtherpage.php

<?php
$employee_id = "something";
$EmployeeID ="something else";
echo $employee_id."<br />";// Prints something then a line break.
echo $EmployeeID."<br />";// prints something else they are two different variables
?>

alsinha

what u suggested works on one of the other pages but not the 3rd page...
i have 4 files...
a.html, b.php, c.php, d.php
a.html has a form that posts the username
b.php retrieves the variable with $POST and stores it under $username and redirects to c.php.....and c.php has a link to d.php
ive used this script in b.php:
<?php session_start();
$SESSION["name"]="$username";
$id = $_SESSION["name"];
?>
when i echo $id in b.php, it shows the username...
but echoing it in c.php or d.php gives nothing...how do i access the value in $username in c.php AND d.php ?

Houdini

You will have to use the session variable and you must start a session with session_start() before you can youe it so use on each of the pages session+start and then get the veriable from $SESSION['name'] session last as long as a user is on the site as long as session_start() has been used the $id might lose its value on other pages whereas $SESSION does ot.

alsinha

thanks ! but it still doesnt work...

file1.php:
<?php session_start();
$SESSION['name']="$username";
$iden = $SESSION['name'];
echo $iden;
?>
//// returns the value in $username

file2.php:
<?php session_start();
$idnew = $_SESSION['name'];
echo $idnew;
?>
// returns blank ....should it not return the value in $username too ?

Houdini

That is because you set $SESSION['name'] to $username and $username has no value.

file1.php:
<?php session_start();
$_SESSION['name']="$username";
$iden = $_SESSION['name'];
echo $iden;
?>
//// returns the value in $username

file2.php:
<?php session_start();
$idnew = $SESSION['name'];
echo $idnew;
?>

do this then run it.
file1.php:

<?php session_start();
$username="This is a test of session variables";
$_SESSION['name']="$username";
$iden = $_SESSION['name'];
echo $iden;
?>

//// returns the value in $username

file2.php:

<?php session_start();
$idnew = $_SESSION['name'];
echo $idnew;
?>

alsinha

Doesnt work...
the $username in file1 isnt blank as the value comes in from an html form...

but when i tried your codes, i still got the same result...
it echoes "this is a test of session variables" in file1
but it doesnt return anything in the 2nd file

Houdini

Add this to the first file and try again

<?php session_start();
$_SESSION['name']="$username";
$iden = $_SESSION['name'];
echo $iden;
echo "<a href='page7.php'>Go to 7</a>";
?>

If that does not work then try using $HTTP_SESSION_VARS if you are using PHP less than 4.1.0

alsinha

neither of those 2 things worked...
im using php 4.0.6
and ive tried using both $_SESSIOn & $HTTP_SESSIONS_VARS. both of them return the value of variable in the first file but neither do it in the second file...
im using page redirection to go from first file to second file.....would that have anything to do with why this isnt working ?

Houdini

How about showing the code that you have currently, you are in a different problem from the original post here and this is a different issue. Also what version of PHP are you using, and are global_registers turned on?

alsinha

k i'll start a new thread with the codes 🙂

Houdini

It is possible that you are trying to run code on an old version of PHP prior to 4.1.0 then you wil not be able to use $session variables without using a different approach.

Weedpacket

If $username is empty, this might be a matter for Question One of the Newbies Forum FAQ (which FAQ also has a section on using sessions).