[SOLVED] $_SESSION not working

[phplearner2008]

Hi,

 

I am trying to store value on SESSION variables, but it does not output anything! here's my code

 

<?php

session_start();

 

$dbhost = "localhost";

$dbuser = "root";

$dbpass = "password";

$dbname = "matrimonial";

$con = mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpass) or die("Error connecting to mysql");

mysql_select_db($dbname,$con);

 

$LOGIN = $_POST['LOGIN'];

$PASSWORD = $_POST['PASSWORD'];

$_SESSION['MYLOGIN'] = $_POST['LOGIN'];

//echo "$LOGIN";

echo "$_SESSION['MYLOGIN']";

 

When I tried to store $_POST['LOGIN'] in $_SESSION['MYLOGIN'] and echo, it does not output anything whereas when i stored it in $LOGIN, i got the correct output. Why is my $_SESSION not working.

 

Thanks.

[JasonLewis]

Are you sure that $_POST['LOGIN'] actually has a value.

 

Put this on the page:

 

print_r($_POST);

 

It should list all the values that have been sent by the form.

[kenrbnsn]

Using this statement

<?php
echo "$_SESSION['MYLOGIN']";
?>

should generate a syntax error. Use:

<?php
echo $_SESSION['MYLOGIN'];
?>

this instead.

 

Ken

[phplearner2008]

Thank you ken, the problem was with double quotes. I removed it and it is working fine.

[JasonLewis]

Ah, of course.

 

Just for future reference phplearner2008, if you need to echo any array inside a string you can break out of the string or use curly braces.

 

echo "Hello and welcome back ".$_SESSION['user']."!";

 

OR

 

echo "Hello and welcome back {$_SESSION['user']}!";

[phplearner2008]

Thanks ProjectFear for your valuable information.