Need to Get Variables from Another Page

trevorsg

Hi,
I need to know how to get a variable from another PHP page. Does someone know of a good tutorial for this? Is it easy enough that someone could just show me? Thanks!

zabmilenko

Your question is very inspecific.

Try starting here: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php

If that doesn't help, then please include alot more detail of what you want to do.

trevorsg

Sorry I wasn't very specific. That is exactly what I was looking for though. Thanks a lot!

TWD

Definatly would need more specifics because it depends on the situation. However, I am going to take a complete shot in the dark and guess that you want to use a session.

I really like these beginners articles zend made. Try this one: http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/646

The code would be something like
sessionstart();
$_SESSION['variable'] = "value";

and then on the page you want to retrieve it
sessionstart();
echo $_SESSION['variable'];

remember the sessionstart() must be placed before anything is output if you are using cookie based sessions.

This is a good method to use with site counters or carry login information between pages.

kilbey1

Just FYI, I think TWD means

session_start();

instead of

sessionstart();

...in case you try out sessions.