Session problem

[sirstrumalot]

All,

 

I have three files, one file 'missedvisit.php' is a form. This form is used to POST data to a .csv file. It is on this form that a session is created to obtain the name of the person filling out the form. From there, the person clicks next after obtaining the posted .csv file and goes to a signature capture. This signature capture 'capture.php' uses a flash tool with the PHP POST method to make an image. It calls 'mysignature.php' to process the code for the file. The session_start is called in the capture.php, which POSTS to the mysignature.php, rendering a jpeg. In Firefox and Chrome, I have no issues with the session carrying over the name and naming the jpeg. But in IE7, it just names the file 'mysignature_php'. I was playing around and I noticed that when I post the signature capture in capture.php the 2nd time, the file is named properly, just not the first time. Meaning, if I hit "create signature" it pops up for a file called 'mysignature_php', if I hit cancel, and click "create signature" again, it will render it as a .jpg with the proper file name. Ideas?

 

missedvisit.php

 

 

session_start();
$f = addslashes($_POST['firstname']);
$m = addslashes($_POST['middlename']);
$l = addslashes($_POST['lastname']);
date_default_timezone_set ("America/Chicago");
$d = date("mdY-Hi");
$_SESSION['name'] = $f.$m.$l."_".$d;

 

 

capture.php

 

 

session_start();

 

 

mysignature.php

 

session_start();
//down a few lines
//
$patient = $_SESSION['name'];
$file = $patient.".jpg";
header("Content-type:image/jpeg");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file");
imagejpeg($img, "", 100);

 

 

 

PLEASE HELP?

 

 

 

 

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I was wondering if you have the session _start function before any other header calls or other output to the browser.  Just something I saw in a book I was reading.  Ex. from by book

<?php

session_start();

$_SESSION['hello'] = 'Hello World';

echo $_SESSION['hello'];

?>

 

referencing a variable set on a prior page:

 

<?php

session_start();

echo $_SESSION['hello'];

?>

 

should say Hello World

 

(if I typed it in ok)