user management sessions

[2tonejoe]

ok. i have the mysql db setup with usernames, ids, passwords, access levels, etc .. . . I also have <?phpsession_start();?> in my template header. . .

 

what I am not understanding is how to store the $_SESSION['*****'] variables. I have seen come code, but it isn't clear. . . what is the easiest way to use the $_SESSION for my custom variables: something like $_SESSION['username'] = 'John Henry'; $_SESSION['userlevel'] = 'orange';

 

I understand I can send them from my login form using $_POST, but how do I set them??

[micah1701]

<?php session_start();

$_SESSION['username'] = $_POST['username'];
//or
$_SESSION['username'] = "John Henery";
//or
$name = "John Henery";
$_SESSION['username'] = $name;


echo $_SESSION['username'];

?>

[xyn]

to set them...

$_SESSION['the_name_here'] = $its_value_here;

 

 

a Set session; this code would look like:

$_SESSION['the_name_here'];

 

 

to destroy them either all sessions

session_destroy();

 

 

of you can kill them individually / by group using

unset($_SESSION['name'], $_SESSION['name2']);

[2tonejoe]

these don't have to registered as globals?? is that an old php version?

[trq]

these don't have to registered as globals?

 

Can you rephrase that?

[2tonejoe]

$name = "John Henery";
global $name;
$_SESSION['username'] = $name;

do I have to global it in order for it to be available to other php pages?

[trq]

No. The $_SESSION array is global.