[RESOLVED] Directly storing form variables as session variables

oferu

Hi,

From a main form I submit and reach different other forms/scripts and eventually return to the main form.
When I return to my main form I find that the form's variables are empty (their values no longer exist) and what I need is that each time I return to my main form, I want to still have the values.

Is it common practice to have forms directly stored in session variables to overcome this problem?

For example:

<textarea name=SESSION['lineArray'][$line][firstName] > $SESSION['lineArray'][$line][firstName] </textarea>

Thanks

devinemke

storing form data in sessions is fine. just make sure to run the data thru [man]htmlspecialchars[/man] before displaying it in the browser

oferu

Hi,
Thanks, now I feel more confident about using them.

But for some reason the form input is not saved in the variable ( _SESSION['lineArray'][$i][lineText] ). Here is what I have:

$line.= "<textarea style=\"background:" . $rbgColor . "\" name=\"_SESSION['lineArray'][$i][lineText]\" cols=\"70\" ";
$line.= "rows=\"1\">{$_SESSION['lineArray'][$i][lineText]}</textarea>";

If it is written without session variables it does work:

// $line.= "<textarea style=\"background:" . $rbgColor . "\" name=\"lineArray[$i][lineText]\" cols=\"70\" ";
// $line.= "rows=\"1\">{$lineArray[$i][lineText]}</textarea>";

Thanks.

devinemke

have you called [man]session_start[/man]?

$line = '<textarea style="background:' . $rbgColor . '" name="textarea" cols="70" rows="1">' . $_SESSION['lineArray'][$i]['lineText'] . '</textarea>';

oferu

I did call session_start. Your answer led me to see that both my session variable and the variable I was sending via POST had the same name. I think that in this case, the session variable overrides the POST variable. I changed their names and I think it should be ok.
I will verify tomorrow.
Thanks!!!