philip Sat Jan 18 00:52:05 2003 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/reference/session reference.xml
Log:
You must call session_start() before using $_SESSION. This closes bug #19068
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/session/reference.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/session/reference.xml:1.27
phpdoc/en/reference/session/reference.xml:1.28
--- phpdoc/en/reference/session/reference.xml:1.27 Thu Dec 19 07:44:07 2002
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/session/reference.xml Sat Jan 18 00:52:05 2003
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.27 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.28 $ -->
<reference id="ref.session">
<title>Session handling functions</title>
<titleabbrev>Sessions</titleabbrev>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
&reftitle.examples;
<note>
<para>
- As of PHP 4.1.0, <varname>$_SESSION</varname> is available as
+ As of PHP 4.1.0, <varname>$_SESSION</varname> is available as a
global variable just like <varname>$_POST</varname>,
<varname>$_GET</varname>, <varname>$_REQUEST</varname> and so on.
Unlike <varname>$HTTP_SESSION_VARS</varname>,
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@
documentation has been changed to use
<varname>$_SESSION</varname> everywhere. You can substitute
<varname>$HTTP_SESSION_VARS</varname> for
- <varname>$_SESSION</varname>, if you prefer the former.
+ <varname>$_SESSION</varname>, if you prefer the former. Also note
+ that you must start your session using <function>session_start</function>
+ before use of <varname>$_SESSION</varname> becomes available.
</para>
<para>
The keys in the <varname>$_SESSION</varname> associative
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