At 9:25 AM +0000 11/8/01, Russ Michell wrote:
>1: Rid any whitespace between '<?php' and 'session_start()'
>2: You need to populate the variable you wish to use as a session
>variable before registering it
Is 2 actually true? The sessions chapter in the PHP manual doesn't seem
to specify any order for using and registering, and in fact gives examples
to the contrary (see examples 2 and 3 in the chapter).
>
><?php
>session_start();
>if(!isset($UserName)){
>$UserName = "guest";
>session_register('"UserName');
>}
>
>//----rest of script goes here
>?>
>
>HTH
>Russ
>
>On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 20:02:03 -0500 Matthew Tedder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Can anyone tell me why my session isn't working? I have attached
>>the problem
>> script. Without even going to another page, the $PHPSESSID and $UserName
>> variables are both empty. They are also empty on subsequent pages.
>>
>> It starts with:
>> =========================================================
>> <?php
>>
>> session_start();
>> session_register("UserName");
>>
>> /*=====<< Check for New User Session >>=====*/
>> if(!isset($UserName))
>> {
>> $UserName = "guest";
>> };
>> ==========================================================
>>
>> And toward the end, it has the following:
>> ==========================================================
>> function ShowMessage($message)
>> {
>> print "<br>\n";
>> print "<table border=2 align=center>\n";
>> print "<tr><td align=center><font color=yellow>$UserName ($PHPSESSID):
>> $message</font></td></tr>\n";
>> print "</table>\n";
>> }
>>
>> ?>
>> ==========================================================
>>
>> In this function, the variables are flat empty.
> >
> > --Matthew
>>
>
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>
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>
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