Passing form results to mulitply files

[Bman900]

Ok, so I have a a form that post the information in variables in a page called redirect.php (Includes a lot of HTML) than I have another page calles page1.php where I want to access the variables I have passed my information from my form to. I tried to use include() but I guess since my redirect.php is not completely php it doesn't work because it messes up my entire design on page1.php Any one?

[RussellReal]

session..

 

at the start of the page you direct your form to..

 

do this:

 

<?php

  session_start();

  $_SESSION[] = $_REQUEST;

?>

[Bman900]

I kind of get this, would I call this session in my page1.php to get the variable or is it done differently?

[RussellReal]

as soon as you add it to the session, it should be accessible in every page, but instead of using $_POST you'd use $_SESSION to access it (AFTER you initiate the session using session_start ofcourse )

[Bman900]

do i need to activate session() on my page1.php as well?

[RussellReal]

session_start just gives you access to the session with the user.. its nothing special..

 

if you used the superglobal $_SESSION without initiating the session via session_start it will do absolutely nothing.. ofcourse it will still function as a variable, but will not do what it was designed to do, save the data inside at the garbage collection stage of the php process, to a session file, for use in another php execution, if you initiate a session with the same user, using the same php session id..

 

so if you're going to use your session in 'page1.php' yes, you need to initiate the session..

[Bman900]

Alright so would I have this on my form direct page:

 

session();

$question = $_SESSION['question'];

$firstname = $_SESSION['name_first'];

 

 

instead of

 

$question = $_POST['question'];

$firstname = $_POST['name_first'];

 

[Bman900]

Alright scratch the above post, how do I put a variable into the $_SESSION and how do I access that in other pages?

[stickynote427]

redirect.php

<?php

session_start();
$_SESSION['question']=$_POST['question'];
$_SESSION['firstname']=$_POST['name_first'];

?>

page1.php

<?php

session_start();
//do whatever you want with the $_SESSION variables here, for example...
echo "Hello, " . $_SESSION['firstname'] . "! ".$_SESSION['question'];
//this might echo "Hello, Bman! Would you like some help with PHP?"

?>

I think, but I'm honestly not 100% sure.