Session Not Being Stored Why?

[lovephp]

ok i got this link which sends a id something like page.php?cid=prg1234 now on my form page i got

 

 

$cid = $_REQUEST['cid'];
$_SESSION['cid'] = $cid ;

 

 

on the url i do see the link like form.php?cid=prg1234 but when i print session i get not value?

 

 

print_r($_SESSION['cid']); this hows nothing.

[Jessica]

Did you start the session using session_start? Post more of the relevant code (not the whole file please)

[lovephp]

here see

 

<?php
session_start();
include ("functions.php");
include ("config.php");
$cid = $_REQUEST['cid'];
$cid = $_SESSION['cid'];

print_r($_SESSION);

/////////////////////////spam check////////////////////////////
function encode_str($input){
           for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($input); $i++) {
                $output .= "".ord($input[$i]).';';
           }
           return $output;
   }
   function dutyGuard(){
           $first_number=mt_rand(1, 94);
           $second_number=mt_rand(1, 5);        
           $_SESSION["dutyGuard"]=($first_number+$second_number);        
           $operation=" <b>".encode_str($first_number ." + ". $second_number)."</b> ?";        
           echo "What's ".$operation;        
   }
?>

[Jessica]

$cid = $_REQUEST['cid'];
$cid = $_SESSION['cid'];

 

Is your code.

 

 

$cid = $_REQUEST['cid'];
$_SESSION['cid'] = $cid ;

 

 

Is what you SAID your code is.

 

See the difference?

[ManiacDan]

$a = $b is not the same as $b = $a.

 

Your initial post says you have:

$_SESSION['cid'] = $cid;

 

That is not what your code has.

[lovephp]

i know in my first comment i wrote

$_SESSION['cid'] = $cid; and this is something

$cid = $_SESSION['cid']; i was trying to see if it works none is working

[scootstah]

What does the following give you?

 

<?php
session_start();
include ("functions.php");
include ("config.php");
$cid = $_REQUEST['cid'];
$_SESSION['cid'] = $cid;

echo "<pre>Request:\n\n" . print_r($_REQUEST, true) . "</pre>";
echo "<pre>Session:\n\n" . print_r($_SESSION, true) . "</pre>";

[lovephp]

i get

 

code]

Array

(

[phpSESSID] => f5d20dedfeb5004268f8c3e4d7740d21
[cprelogin] => no
[cpsession] => n:eQi2Pjk3ipO9_fAcppx_Iln7dyxnPzrMmsbKVmV6QuDZvMR0dIRoOPXFCdVfxAvH
[langedit] =>
[lang] =>
[__utma] => 133155729.404469517.1349470259.1349470259.1349470259.1
[__utmc] => 133155729
[__utmz] => 133155729.1349470259.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)
[__atuvc] => 11|40
)

Session:

Array
(
[cid ] =>
[dutyGuard] => 52
[cid] =>
)

[/code]

[scootstah]

So, as you can see, the "cid" index does not exist in $_REQUEST.

[lovephp]

so how can i make it to exist in $_REQUEST?

[Jessica]

Post the actual URL you go to on the page that creates that output.

 

Is this file being included somehow?

[ManiacDan]

Is it in the URL? Are you positive? PHP says it's not in the URL.

 

Jess, get some work done! Stop posting what I'm posting 10 seconds before me

[Jessica]

You stop stalking me!!

 

I am working. I'm multitasking. It's this amazing thing we women can do.

[ManiacDan]

You do other amazing things, like steal my posts before I'm done writing them.

[lovephp]

ok well let so clear again on my friends website i put a link like

 

 

<a href="mysite.com/form.php?cid=prg1234">My form</a> the cid im using as to keep track that user with that cid is coming from my friend site.and yes cid comes from the URL

[ManiacDan]

So the URL bar in the browser says:

http://www.mysite.com/form.php?cid=prg1234

 

And inside form.php you have the print_r code you got earlier?

 

And 'cid' is not in $_REQUEST?

 

Is all of that true?

[lovephp]

yes very true. the moment i come from the link in print_r(); i do get to see the cid like cid=>prg1234 but now say i remove the cid=prg1234

http://www.mysite.com/form.php and refresh the page the print_r(); will not longer show cid=>prg1234 for its not getting stored in session at all

[ManiacDan]

So when you go to the site without cid in the URL, cid isn't in the URL and then you overwrite the session. That's the actual problem: You're visiting the page AGAIN without cid and your code doesn't say "don't do this if cid doesn't exist."

 

You're developing without error_reporting turned on. If you had your errors turned on, you would have gotten a warning hours ago that would have prevented this whole conversation.

 

if ( isset($_GET['cid']) ) {
 $_SESSION['cid'] = $_GET['cid']l
}

There, done.

[lovephp]

omg yes i had error reporting turned off ;-) thanks soo much for helping me fix it. cheers \m/

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Any chance you have a cookie named 'cid' that is overriding the get 'cid' value, since $_REQUEST combines get, post, and cookie (in that order, by default.)

 

edit: never mind, the forum's lack of real post notification strikes again.

[Christian F.]

Try adding var_dump ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); to the code as well, and post what it says.

 

Edit: You don't say, PFMaBi...

[ManiacDan]

edit: never mind, the forum's lack of real post notification strikes again.

It seems to be on a 2-3 minute delay. I've been inadvertently stalking Jess all morning.

[Jessica]

Psh inadvertant. Stalker.