How to register _Session[var] globally

[bwspot]

I have auth page that auth user against php and later registers data from mysql querry into the session varriables like this:

 

//register sesssion authenticated
else {$_SESSION['authenticated']=true;
//register other values
$sessionid=session_id();
$_SESSION['phonenumber'] = mysql_result($result,0,'phonenumber');
$_SESSION['username']  = mysql_result($result,0,'username');
$_SESSION['userlevel']  = mysql_result($result,0,'userlevel');

                                           
//session_register("userlevel");
//session_register("email");
//session_register("sitename");
//session_register("ipaddr");

//session_start(); - old and replaced by below line

$session = array();
 

after all is done the user is redirected back to:

 

 header("Location: main.php?".Session_Name()."=".Session_ID());

 

and in main.php varriables are called like:

dbConnect("corporate");
$mysql = "select * from users WHERE phonenumber = $phonenumber";
$rs = mysql_query($mysql);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($rs);

echo "phone is";
echo $phonenumber;
echo "global phone is ";
echo $GLOBALS['phonenumber'];

 

 

Problem is that after register_global was removed from php above $phonenumber varriable is empty.

 

I have seen this link:

http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.session-register.php

but i have hard time understanding how to fix above.

 

Every page has a session_start() at the beggining.

 

Can anyone help how to fix my script with the least changes?

I am using php from time to time so forgive me my lack of expertise.

 

thx

Edited April 5, 2013 by bwspot

[exeTrix]

I'm not seeing the point in the global phone number. You have the phone number set in session data ($_SESSION['phonenumber']). The only reason globals are pseudo useful is because variables can be used within class context without having to be passed in. If this phone number is a company number and will be constant then you'll be better off adding as below:

 

define( 'COMPANY_PHONE', 0145875581144 );

echo COMPANY_PHONE;

 

 

Sorry if I've misunderstood but you're doing the right thing moving away from globals.

[bwspot]

The phone number is pulled from the data based based on the username that authenticates.

So it is different for every user.

After the user is redirected the $phonenumber variable is empty.

 

 

the referenced paga says:

 

"Caution

This registers a global variable. If you want to register a session variable from within a function, you need to make sure to make it global using the global keyword or the $GLOBALS[] array, or use the special session arrays as noted below.

"

 

I tried to add:

global $phonenumber

but the varriable was still empty after redirection

 

[jcbones]

$_SESSION is a super global already.

 

If you notice, your above referenced link has a note:

 

 

 Notes

Caution

If you want your script to work regardless of register_globals, you need to instead use the $_SESSION array as $_SESSION entries are automatically registered. If your script uses session_register(), it will not work in environments where the PHP directive register_globals is disabled. 

[bwspot]

so why i cannot access it?

[Christian F.]

There are two things you need to take care of in order to use session variables:

• Always use session_start, before any content has been sent to the browser.
• Store the data in the $_SESSION array directly, do not use session_register.

As long as you do both of these, and the user is not blocking cookies, sessions will work.

 

Forget that session_register exists: It has been outdated and "deprecated" for a long time now.

Edited April 5, 2013 by Christian F.

[bwspot]

i do have session_start() at the begining of the script and I commented out the session_register.

The part i dont understand is how to store the data in the session array ?

 

My php page contains:

 

session_start()

 

$_SESSION['phonenumber'] = mysql_result($result,0,'phonenumber');
$_SESSION['username']  = mysql_result($result,0,'username');
$_SESSION['userlevel']  = mysql_result($result,0,'userlevel');

 

then i am not sure if this is what i need to store above in the array?

$session = array();

 

if yes how do i read it later?

 

thx and sorry for stupid questions but i am new to all this stuff and dont programm that often.

[jcbones]

 

//start session:
session_start();
//add to session:
$_SESSION['iAmAPhReak'] = 'My string of session data';
 
//echo the data:
echo $_SESSION['iAmAPhReak'];
 
//dump the data:
echo '<pre>' . print_r($_SESSION,true) . '</pre>';

[bwspot]

thx , above with http://www.phpriot.com/articles/intro-php-sessions/7

helped me to understand it and fixed my issue