> maybe try the invers (anyways you havn't defined an action-attribute - > maybe this is a problem?):
Not declaring an action attribute automatically makes the form submit to itself. When a URL query string is involved, this works much better than $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], which reduces the URL to its basic format. > '<input name="view_details" type="hidden" value="yes">'. > '<input type="submit" value="View Descriptions">'. That helped, to a degree. The submit button was key to getting the form to register (hiding the button) but it's still not registering the session variable. Edward Dudlik Becoming Digital www.becomingdigital.com ----- Original Message ----- From: ".ma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP-DB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 16 June, 2003 11:57 Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] setting session variables via a form hi maybe try the invers (anyways you havn't defined an action-attribute - maybe this is a problem?): if(!isset($_SESSION['item_details']) || ( isset($_SESSION['item_details'] && $_SESSION['item_details']) { echo '<form name="myForm" method="post" action="'.basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).'">'. '<input name="view_details" type="hidden" value="yes">'. '<input type="submit" value="View Descriptions">'. '</form>'; else $_SESSION['item_details'] = 'yes'; hope i understood you right and this helps? .ma e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://www.abendstille.at # life would be easier if i knew the source code Am Montag, 16.06.03 um 17:16 Uhr schrieb Becoming Digital: > Despite my best efforts, I can't seem to set session variables via a > basic form. > I'm trying to use a button to alter display settings, which should be > a simple > task, but apparently it is not. Here's the code I'm working with. > > <? > if( (!isset( $_POST['view_details'] )) && ($_SESSION['item_details'] > != "yes") ) > { > print "<form method=\"post\">"; > print "<input type=\"button\" name=\"view_details\" > value=\"View > Descriptions\" />"; > print "</form>"; > } > else > $_SESSION['item_details'] = "yes"; > ?> > > > My session I have tried a number of different solutions, including > removing > session_start() from its calling function and various things I might > otherwise > overlook. I'm sure that I'm overlooking something easy but I can't > figure out > what it is. The session variable simply isn't being set, as confirmed > by > printing its value (and by things not working!). Thanks a lot for any > and all > suggestions. > > Edward Dudlik > Becoming Digital > www.becomingdigital.com > > > > > -- > 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 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php