$_SESSION data help please

[spangle1187]

In my project once I have processed a booking I am trying to get a summary of the booking to display on the successful booking page, so far I have added an extra $_SESSION data to the page that processes the users login:

 

    session_start();
$_SESSION['username'] = $username;
$_SESSION['email'] = mysql_result($result, 0);
$_SESSION['ourdate'] = date('m/d/Y');
$_SESSION['booking'];

The bottom line is for the booking summary.

 

On the process booking page I have added:

 

$data = "You have successfully made a booking for '$name' in room '$room' on the '$newDate' for the following times '$start_Time' to '$end_Time'";

It is here that I try to assign the above to the $_SESSION:

 

$_SESSION['booking'] = $data;

 

And then the site is directed to the booking success page:

 

header("Location: http://webdev/schools/hhs/psy_bookings/process_booking_success.php"); //booking success page

 

But when I get to the booking success page nothing is displayed, this is the code that I have used to display the booing summary:

 

<div id="wholepage">
<?php echo $_SESSION['booking'];?>
</div>

 

Can you please help?, the data is not in a form so that is why I have not used the $_POST option

[fugix]

In your process_booking_success.php page, do you have session_start() at the very top of your code?

[micah1701]

are you calling session_start()  on the "process booking page"

 

you have to add session_start(); at the top of every page that uses sessions.

[spangle1187]

Every page has a session start()

[fugix]

If you are sure that you have session_start() on your process_booking_success.php page, on that same page, what does print_r($_SESSION); output?

[spangle1187]

It prints out nothing

[micah1701]

in your first block of code you posted that you have "$_SESSION['booking'];" 

 

is that at the top of any pages AFTER you give it a value of $data?  if so, the above code would overwrite any value you previously assigned to that session variable.

 

als, it's not neccessary to declare the session variables so you can take this line out anyway.

[spangle1187]

Sorry it did print out some data

 

Array ( [username] => admin => s.campbell@hud.ac.uk [ourdate] => 06/24/2011 [booking] => )

[spangle1187]

in your first block of code you posted that you have "$_SESSION['booking'];" 

 

is that at the top of any pages AFTER you give it a value of $data?  if so, the above code would overwrite any value you previously assigned to that session variable.

 

als, it's not neccessary to declare the session variables so you can take this line out anyway.

 

No I give it the value then try to call it on the next page with:

 

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

[fugix]

Okay so the output that you showed me indicates that your variables are passing to that other page, but your booking session is empty. I would remove the empty declaration of your booking session. The only time you will need to declare the booking session is when you are setting it to the variable $data. Once you do that, perform a print_r($_SESSION)

[spangle1187]

I have removed the blank deceleration from the process login page but the print_r is still printing the same data:

 

Array ( [username] => admin [email] => s.campbell@hud.ac.uk [ourdate] => 06/24/2011 [booking] => ) 

 

I guess the problem then lies with when I am trying to assign the $data variable to it so maybe on these two lines:

 

$data = "You have successfuly made a booking for '$name' in room '$room' on the '$newDate' for the following times '$start_Time' to '$end_Time'";

or

$_SESSION['booking'] = $data;

[fugix]

Since $data is a string, there should be no problems assigning it to the session. Try setting $data to a string like "test string"

[spangle1187]

Still comes back the same on the print_r

[fugix]

I'll have to see more if your code on both pages before I can help further