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] > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php