I've decided to use the _SESSION method instead and it works just fine :)
So...thanks for suggesting that method, as it does look neater in the code
as well.

Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jeff Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Problem grabbing value of session


>
> On Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at 02:40  PM, Jeff Lewis wrote:
>
> > Right after I call those I try a is_registered and it showed that these
> > registered correctly.  I removed that code and added a call to another
> > function: redirectinternal();
>
> You can avoid the whole "session_register()" business if you simply
> refer to these variables as $_SESSION['valid_user'] and
> $_SESSION['privs'] -- after all, that's what they are, simply session
> variables.  By using this convention, you clarify exactly what kind of
> variables they are each time you write them, which is good for
> legibility later in the future.  Also, you don't need to declare them as
> global in your redirectinternal() function, since any $_* variable is
> considered global at all times.
>
> > That function is below:
> >
> > function redirectinternal () {
> >  global $valid_user,$privs;
> >
> >  echo "Login good!";
> >  echo "<BR>".$valid_user." - ".$privs.$temp;
> >
> > }
> >
> > Now, I can't seem to get those values to print to the screen.  I added a
> > session_start before the echo and I just can't get my values out...what
> > am I
> > missing?
>
> You'll have to post the context of this function (how it is called in
> the script) for an answer to this question.
>
>
> Erik
>
>
>
>
>
> ----
>
> Erik Price
> Web Developer Temp
> Media Lab, H.H. Brown
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>


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