sessions and variables

[daneth1712]

Hi,

 

Would anyone be able to tell me or advise me on how or if it is possible to take more than 1 variable in a script and add it to a session?

 

I need to be able to take 3 variables from a script and add them to a session so I can check them off against another form on the next page.

 

Any help is appreciated.

[lynxus]

<?php
session_start();


$_SESSION['username'] = $_POST['username'];
$_SESSION['foo'] = $_POST['foo'];
$_SESSION['bar'] = $_POST['bar'];

$_SESSION['anotherVAR'] = "someDATA";


echo $_SESSION['bar'];

?>

[daneth1712]

Hi lynxus,

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

I think I know where I am going wrong here, I just dont know how to fix it.

 

Basically, I have a 3 field form that gets sent to the below page:

<?php



$name=($_POST['name']);
$email=($_POST['email']);
$country=($_POST['country']);

//send back to the activate page if called from other location or empty
if (!isset($name) || !isset($email) || !isset($country)){
header( "Location: activate.html" );
}
elseif (empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($country)) {
header( "Location: activate.html" );
}

include 'includes/config.php';
$connection = @mysql_connect($hostname, $adminuser, $adminpass)
or die(mysql_error());
$dbs = @mysql_select_db($database, $connection) or
die(mysql_error());


$sql = "SELECT * FROM userinfo WHERE name='$name' AND email_address='$email' AND country='$country'";
$result = @mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die(mysql_error());
$row = mysql_fetch_object($sql);
if ($result) {
while ($array= mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
session_start();
session_register('name', 'email', 'country');
header( "Location: activate_part2.php" );
}
}
else {
echo 'No results found.';}
?>

 

Now I am either going wrong with setting the sessions above, or in the 'start session' which is added at the top of each of the pages in the form....

 

<?php
//start the session
session_start();

$_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['name'];
$_SESSION['email'] = $_POST['email'];
$_SESSION['country'] = $_POST['country'];

if(session_is_registered('name', 'email', 'country')){
$name_id=$_SESSION['name'];
$email_id=$_SESSION['email'];
$country_id=$_SESSION['country'];
}
else{
//the session variable isn't registered, send them back to the activate page
header( "Location: activate.html" );
}
?>

 

I am getting redirected back to the activate.html page so I know the problem is how I have set the sessions.

 

Any pointers would be really helpful.

 

Thanks again!

[vineld]

Don't use session_is_registered(), it is deprecated. Use isset($_SESSION['name']) instead. Also, session_is_registered does not accept anything else but a single string. Check the PHP documentation before using functions that you are uncertain of.