SESSION Problem

[ktalebian]

Hi there!

I am running WAMP on my computer, and I am getting an error:

I have two files, and one is included in the other:

 

page1.php
<?php
// doing stuff
$_SESSION["name" ] = "something";
include("url)" // url of page2.php
?>

page2.php
<?php
echo $_SESSION["name"];
?>

 

now, if the URL is in the format:

http://localhost/path_to_page2.php

, the $_SESSION["name"] becomes NULL in page2.php, and so I get nothing.

But, if the url is in the format:

page2.php or ../path_to_page2.php

then it works fine.

 

So that's ok, but then I get another problem.

If want to include the url in the formation:

page.php?page=stuff

then I have to use the

http://localhost/path_to_page2.php?page=stuff

 

otherwise it says file not found, and if I use http, then the $_SESSION does not work!

 

Help please! Why the hell is that happening?

 

I have session_start() at the beginning of both pages btw.

thanks!

[BlueSkyIS]

okay, include() must be a path, not a URL. you don't need to pass anything to an included file, so there is no use attaching ?page=stuff

 

secondly, if one file is including another, only one of them should call session_start();

[ktalebian]

the reason I need to do the ?page= is because in the include file, I switch contents depending on the value of page!

 

 

[helraizer]

I'm not sure if it's just a typo in your writing your code here but you have

 

<?php
include ("url)"; 
?>

 

You should really have

 

<?php
include ("url");
?>

 

Sam