continue unique session after redirect?

[WhiteRau]

i'm need to retrieve a session after i've collected the data and went to PayPal (...urk...)  i think i'm starting off correctly... but how the hell do i get the session name on the other side?

 

$uuid = uniqid();
session_name = $uuid;
session_start();

//  do some stuff

//  go to PayPal

//  come back from PayPal

....um... now i'm lost!  how do i get the $uuid here??

 

once i come back from PayPal... this is where i get lost.  how do i load a UUID-based session if i can't get the $uuid? 

 

and if there's a better way, by all means let me know!    someone said i could pass the $uuid through PayPal, but i'm not seeing how yet... 

 

TIA gang!

 

WR!

[Muddy_Funster]

put the UUID into the session variable -

$_SESSION['uuid'] = $uuid;

 

then you can call it from the associated pages by adressing the $_SESSION['uuid'] = $newVariableName, as long as every page visited (including the paypal one) has session_start(); at the top of it the session will remain open, failing that you're gonna want to have some cookies.

[scootstah]

// set session_name
session_name($uuid);

// get session name
session_name();