use this page and it will help you http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php
Jeroen At 17:26 10-4-2002 +0200, you wrote: >Well, if you know what cookies are, then you know what session variables >are. You just dont know that yet.. :) > >Joke aside, session variables are special cookies, created by you or your >app, it is represented at the users machine only by a small cookie with a >generated ID, which again points back to the server. The server keeps a >repository of information, the session database, from which it retreives >the variables stored by your app. > >PHP does not, like ASP, automatically start the session, you have to do >that manually, and you have to maintain it manually on each page that you >want to read session stuff from. > >Check out the php.net online manual for more info on session variables, >and also some of the tutorials at phpbuilder.com. > >Regards, > > >Egil > >On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 04:36 PM, Steve Bradwell wrote: > >>Hi there, >> >>I am pretty much a newbie, I was wondering what php session variables are? I >>am creating a table with php that uses mySQL "create temporary table" based >>on user specified columns and some where clause stuff. The page then >>displays the contents of the table with the table headings as hrefs that >>allow the user to sort the table. Only problem is when the page reloads to >>show the new sorting the temporary table needs to be rebuilt. I know of to >>ways to pass the varibles I need, either through url params or saving them >>as a cookie, and then parsing them out again. Is there a better way or am I >>on the right track. >> >>Thanks. >>Steve. >> >> >>-- >>PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >-- >egil helland / it consultant (mcse, web technology) >web: ikon.as / egil.net > > >-- >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
