Session Problems

[nblackwood]

I have an issue with sessions. I need to set a session, register session id and start session. I need the session data I use with $_SESSION to be visible on the confirmation page. I know it should work, but for some reason, it's not. Here's some code:

 

<?php

session_id();

session_register();

session_start();

$_SESSION["Name"];

?>

 

Here's the code I'm using to retrieve session data:

 

<?php echo $_SESSION["Name"];?>

 

Someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong, or not doing. Thanks for any input.

[premiso]

session_start sets the id and registers a session, no need to call those functions on their own.

 

As far as it not working, do you have session_start() on the confirmation page as well, as the session_start() call will need to be made on any page you plan on accessing session variables.

[nblackwood]

Thanks for the response. I was under the impression that doing it that way can confuse session data if there's multiple users filling out the same form.

[nblackwood]

I tried as u suggested and put session_start(); on each page I need to access the data, but its still not working 

[teamatomic]

You start a session and then initiate a session var and never set a value to it. How can you expect it to output anything?

session_start();

$_SESSION["Name"];

 

You need something like

session_start();

$_SESSION['Name'] = 'Teamatomic';

 

Then in a following page you can again start a session the echo out the $_SESSION['Name'] value, which will then echo out "Teamatomic".

session_start();

$Name=$_SESSION['Name'];

echo "$Name";

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

[nblackwood]

Thanks, that worked. But how do I set it to echo a dynamic form field?

[teamatomic]

$Name=$_POST['Name'];

$Name=strip_tags($Name);

if(!magic_quote_gpc()){$Name=addslashes($Name);}

$_SESSION['Name']=$Name;

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic