[SOLVED] Session Not Storing ID

[stevesimo]

Hi, I am attempting to create a login in script using a session variable to hold the user id.  I have got the log in facility working.  Just before I redirect the user I set the session variable to the ID.

 

Then when I get to the next page I check to see if the session exists, if it does then I output it.  The only problem is that instead of outputting the ID I keep getting 'Session ID: Resource id #7'

 

Here is my code:

 

//set session to ID

$session['BrokerID'] = '123456';

//redirect the user to the bike policy admin page

echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"2;URL=bikepolicyadmin.php?id=$row->id\">";

 

 

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THEN ON THE REDIRECT PAGE

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session_start();

 

if(isset($_SESSION['BrokerID']))

  $result = $_SESSION['BrokerID'];

else

  $result = 'no session exists';

 

echo 'Session ID: '.$result;

 

The ID is passed in the query string successfully but when I try and set an ID value in the session it doesn't work.  Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?

 

Many thanks

 

Steve (Blackpool)

[vbnullchar]

place session_start() on this page too

 

session_start();
//set session to ID
$session['BrokerID'] = '123456';
//redirect the user to the bike policy admin page
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"2;URL=bikepolicyadmin.php?id=$row->id\">";

[per1os]

Shouldn't you use this also:

 

//set session to ID
$_SESSION['BrokerID'] = '123456';
//redirect the user to the bike policy admin page
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"2;URL=bikepolicyadmin.php?id=$row->id\">";