is setting the session like this correct?

[ted_chou12]

$_SESSION["mailto"] = $to;
$_SESSION["mailsubject"] = $subject;

Is it? if not why cant I get them, they always appear blank when I do echo...

Ted

[.josh]

your script needs to start with

session_start();

[ted_chou12]

Is it same when you echo, or you just have to put it where you set it?
They are on 2 different pages

[corbin]

To have data in $_SESSION session_start must be on the page, so yes, it must be on the echo page.

[.josh]

just put session_start(); at the beginning of your script. It tells php that you have a session going on (or to start one, if you don't).

[code]
<?php
  session_start();
  $_SESSION['blah'] = 'something';

  echo $_SESSION['blah']; // output: something
?>
[/code]

you need to have session_start(); on every page you wish to access your session vars

if it is still echoing out nothing, then I would check your $to and $subject to see if they are holding what you are expecting them to hold.

[ted_chou12]

still wouldnt work, does session start have to be on top of every page? I did put them on the top, but still wouldnt work...

[ted_chou12]

can session be passed through two different host servers? I think thats the problem...
I remember session is stored in the temporary folder of your host, so it cannot be passed to another server, is that right?

[.josh]

okay first you say it's on another page, now you say it's on another server? If you expect results, try starting with non-vague questions/descriptions.

no, you cannot pass a session from one server to another.  Well actually, you can, but I have a sneaking suspicion that that circumstance does not apply to you.  So no.

[TEENFRONT]

does it need to be a session? perhaps you could wack the session vars from server 1, into a get/post request for server 2? then once server 2 has the vars, set them as a session on server2?

whatever.. lol

[ted_chou12]

that sounds like a cool idea :P

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