Session help.....weird problem!

[low-rider]

hi,

 

i have two phps..... products.php and overview.php

 

im tryin to use session to pass some variables from products.php to overview.php and whatever i try only the first variable gets set whereas the rest of them do not!

 

//products.php

<?php

session_start();

$_SESSION["BagName"] = $BagName;  --------------- this is the name of he product (BAG)

$_SESSION["QBag"] = $QBag;            ---------------- the quantity of the bag (1)

?>

 

//overview.php

<?php

session_start();

$BagName = $_SESSION["BagName"]; ^^^^^^^^^^^^ same as above

$QBag = $_SESSION["QBag"];          ^^^^^^^^^^^^ save as above

?>

 

<? echo $_SESSION["BagName"].$_SESSION["QBag"]; ?>

 

whatever i do i can only get the BagName to echo! what am i doing wrong???

 

 

 

[low-rider]

this is what i get when i do a print_r($_SESSION)

 

Array ( [bagName] => Bag [QBag]=>)

[kenrbnsn]

How is the variable $QBag set in the first script?

 

Ken

[low-rider]

How is the variable $QBag set in the first script?

 

Ken

 

it is set via a text box where its initial value is set to 1

[kenrbnsn]

Please post the code where it is set.

 

Ken

[low-rider]

Quantity<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font>

 <!--webbot bot="Validation" s-data-type="Number" s-number-separators=",." i-maximum-length="2" s-validation-constraint="Greater than or equal to" s-validation-value="1" s-validation-constraint="Less than or equal to" s-validation-value="10" --><input type="text" name="QBag" size="2" maxlength="2" value="1"></p>

 

[kenrbnsn]

That is the code for the form, we need to see your PHP code that uses the values from the form. Please post the code between

tags.

 

Ken

[low-rider]

im not sure what u r asking for as i dont have any

[code/] tags  ???

[kenrbnsn]

Post your code. Put the 

 tag in front of your code and the 

tag after your code. These are tags used by this forum to format the code so it's more readable.

 

Ken

[low-rider]

sorry...just got what u meant. it is

 

<? 								

if (isset($_SESSION['BagName'])) {
echo $_SESSION['BagName'];
}

if (isset($_SESSION['QBag'])) {
echo $_SESSION['QBag'];
}

?> 

[kenrbnsn]

That is the code that displays what's in the $_SESSION. We need to see the code that processes the form and sets stores the values in the $_SESSION array.

 

Ken

[low-rider]

if this is not it then i dont have that, which in turn causes the problem

 

 
//products.php
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($BagName)){
$_SESSION["BagName"] = $BagName;
}
$_SESSION["QBag"] = $QBag;
?>  

 

 
//overview.php
<?php
session_start();
$BagName = $_SESSION["BagName"];
$QBag = $_SESSION["QBag"];
?> 

 

this is all i have for setting the $SESSIONS!!!!

[kenrbnsn]

You are assuming that register_globals are enabled, which is probably not the case.

 

In "products.php" change your code to:

<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_POST['BagName'])){
$_SESSION["BagName"] = $_POST['BagName'];
}
$_SESSION["QBag"] = $_POST['QBag'];
?>  

 

Ken

[low-rider]

just did what u said and still have the same problem! ???

[kenrbnsn]

At the start of that script add:

<?php
echo '<pre>' . print_r($_POST,true) . '</pre>';
?>

 

This will dump the values that are being returned to your script from the form.

 

Ken

[low-rider]

is this supposed to go to the very beginning on "products.php"?

[kenrbnsn]

Right after the "session_start()"

<?php
<?php
session_start();
echo '<pre>' . print_r($_POST,true) . '</pre>';
if(isset($_POST['BagName'])){
$_SESSION["BagName"] = $_POST['BagName'];
}
$_SESSION["QBag"] = $_POST['QBag'];
?> 

 

Ken

[low-rider]

that sort of works!

 

now the thing is that i have 3 products, a bag, a hat and a ball!

 

i changed eerything to what u said for all three!

 

when i print the session i get

 

Array ( [bagName] => Bag [ballName] => [HatName] => [QBag] => 1 [QHat] => 1 [QBall] => 1 )

 

which shows that it picks up the bag and all the quantity fields but not the rest of the names!

 

why??

[gazalec]

try assigning the sessions to variables i had a similar problem with multiple sessions try something like

 

<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_POST['BagName'])){
$_SESSION["BagName"] = $_POST['BagName'];
}
$_SESSION["QBag"] = $_POST['QBag'];

$bag = $_SESSION['BagName'];
$quantity = $_SESSION['QBag'];

echo $bag." ".$quantity;

?>

[low-rider]

^^^^^^^^^^^

 

doesnt work mate!

 

it still prints just the Bag and all 3 quantities! ???