how to use session

realcoder

how can i use session that users can make playlist ....

NogDog

That's probably a bit too general a question for me to hazard an answer. Do you know how to use PHP sessions already?

dalecosp

Hee hee...

<?php
$playlist=array("I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts",
"Does your chewing gum lose its flavor",
"I'm Henry the 8th I am", 
"Polka Your Eyes Out");

session_start();

$_SESSION['playlist']=$playlist;
?>

There ya go, all fixed up. 😃

sneakyimp

Good Lord, Dale. My I proffer this complimentary script to be accessed after your page:

<?php
session_start();
$playlist = $_SESSION['playlist'];
foreach($playlist as $song) {
  echo 'ZOMG "' . $song . '"????!!11  You can NOT be serious!<br>';
}
?>

realcoder

but how to insert songs in session ? mean when people click on add how that will be in session

sneakyimp

When a given user accesses any php script on your server, you have the opportunity to inspect and modify the $_SESSION variable. This is true if the page is accessed via AJAX or directly in the browser.

If you wanted to add a song to someone's play list, you might send them to this url:

http://yourdomain.com/index.php?new_song=purple+haze

Then in your code you can do this:

// you might want to use numbers for songs instead
$new_song_name = $_GET['new_song'];

// you should probably write some code here to make sure the song name is a valid one

// fetch the play list from the session var
session_start();
if (isset($_SESSION['playlist'])) {
  $playlist = $_SESSION['playlist'];
} else {
  // there was no play list before
  $playlist = array();
}

// add the song to the playlist array
$playlist[] = $new_song_name;

// save the playlist back into session
$_SESSION['playlist'] = $playlist;

bradgrafelman

Note to avoid duplication, you could also eliminate the temporary/intermediate $playlist variable from sneakyimp's code quite easily:

$new_song_name = $_GET['new_song'];

session_start();

if (!isset($_SESSION['playlist'])) {
  // there was no play list before
  $playlist = array();
}

// add the song to the playlist array
$_SESSION['playlist'][] = $new_song_name;

dalecosp

Hee hee, sneaky ... I preferred to not make any assumptions whatever about the potential genre of songs OP was thinking of; I figured my chances of accidentally intersecting my data and his potential datasets were suitably close to FALSE.

Not to mention, I've an extremely eclectic knowledge of music.

<?php
$playlist=array("Die Schoene Mullerin",
"O Fortuna",
"Missa le` homme armee",
"Haec Dies");

session_start();

$_SESSION['playlist']=$playlist;
?>

Is that any better?

realcoder

well i search for a player
i found this
that is taking playlist url in XSPF format
this is url of player
http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/

can i add automatic url in that when user click on add
or any other good player which become competible with Php script

realcoder

mean exactly m finding something like that when user click on ad in que an popup ro any player opon on side of side and then whenever user click on any song for adding que automatic that show in that

sneakyimp

If you want to show a flash movie and have people adding stuff to their playlist without interrupting the music that is currently playing, you should probably have the flash application connect to your PHP server using the query string approach I recommended. If you have to load a whole new php page, it would interrupt the music.

Do you have access to the source code for that player? You'll need it so you can modify it.