[SOLVED] can I make $_SESSION variables a global in a function?

[dsaba]

i'm have a particular function where it creates session variables, yet after using this function i want to immediately use these session variables

 

now I realize the only way to "use" variables that are made inside of a function is to make the variable a global variable so it can be used outside the function

 

so i did this:

global $_SESSION['userid'];
global $_SESSION['username'];
global $_SESSION['userlink'];
global $_SESSION['userifnewmsgs'];
global $_SESSION['userrank'];

 

however there are many instances when !isset($_SESSION) , when the session variables are not already set

 

i run this function when the sessions are not set and I get this:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '[', expecting ',' or ';'

 

what's going on and how can I fix it?

[dsaba]

found the problem

topic solved