mads

Tried that, didn't work

That didn't help I added session_save_path("mysessions") right before session_start() in header.php. Afterwards, I can see the session files being created in the "mysessions" directory on the webserver, but the session variable still doesn't exist when I need it in go.php Any other ideas on what might be going wrong? Thanks again, Mads

Sounds like a good idea, I'll try to add session_save_path() call and see what happens. Thanks a lot for the help.

I have no idea why, but sometimes my session variable disappears. After having stared at it for two days, I guess it's time to cry for help... This is how I set the variable and later try to use it again: 1) I'm creating a session in header.php (a file that is loaded everytime a webpage is displayed): session_start(); ... $_SESSION['displaymode'] = "abe"; 2) I'm using the variable in go.php (which does not load header.php when it is displayed): session_start(); ... if(isset($_SESSION['displaymode'])) { $displaymode = $_SESSION['displaymode']; } Can anyone see why my session variable disappears? isset() returns false approx. 50% of the time and I have absolutely no idea why Thanks a lot, Mads

It also doesn't work on my machine at home, but I have discovered something: The script works perfectly if I put it in a seperate file and upload it. Both Daniel0's (http://www.horseornot.com/abe1.php) and my script (http://www.horseornot.com/abe2.php) work if I put them in seperate files (although Daniel0's script look far better when it's placed in a seperate file...). Guess the conclusion is that Wordpress affect how my textarea behaves, so I will move to the wordpress forum and annoy people there  :P http://wordpress.org/support/topic/90903?replies=1 Thank you for all your help.

But this is just form stuff - it happens long before we attempt to do any mail stuff.

Same thing in Explorer... I will try on my computer at home later today. Thanks for your help.

Yes, it is running your script right now (http://www.horseornot.com/tell-a-friend/) I noticed that you haven't got any line breaks in your screenshots. Does it still work if you add some line breaks? Maybe it's worth mentioning that my script runs inside a page created by Wordpress.

Still no luck - sad to report that the long piece of code doesn't improve things. I have moved some of the things outside the textarea. It looks like "html_entity_decode($message_text);" do what it is supposed to do, so the problem is caused by the textarea.

Still doesn't work :( <textarea name="message_text" rows="10" cols="45"><?php echo html_entity_decode($message_text); ?></textarea></p>

Didn't help :( <textarea name="message_text" rows="10" cols="45"><?=html_entity_decode($message_text);?></textarea></p>

Thank you for your reply. Works great for the text inputs, but the textarea behaves a little bit crazy. It shows the HTML tags when the page reloads...? Check it out here: http://www.horseornot.com/tell-a-friend/ (Just forget to fill out one of the e-mail address fields in order to see the effect)

Aloha, I have created a simple tell a friend form. If the user click send without filling out all of the required fields, I show an error message and the form once more. My problem is that the contents of the form get cleared when I reload the form :( I would of course like to keep the contents, so the user doesn't get annoyed and leave my website without telling their friends. How do I keep the contents? Here is the complete (sigh...) code for my form: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please fill out this form and click send. <?php unset($message_sendername); unset($message_sender); unset($message_recipient); unset($message_subject); unset($message_text);   // Get the image text and title   $message_sendername = $_POST["message_sendername"];   $message_sender = $_POST["message_sender"];   $message_recipient = $_POST["message_recipient"];   $message_subject = $_POST["message_subject"];   $message_text = $_POST["message_text"]; // Validation if($_POST["action"] == "Send") { if(empty($message_sendername) == true || empty($message_sender) == true) { $error["message_sender"] = "Please write your own name or your own e-mail address."; } if(empty($message_recipient) == true) { $error["message_recipient"] = "Please write your friend's e-mail address."; } if(empty($error) == false) { unset($_POST["action"]); } } if($_POST["action"] == "Send") { $headers  = "From: \"$message_sendername\"<$message_sender>\n"; // Send the e-mail mail($message_recipient, $message_subject, $message_text, $headers); print("<p>Your message has been sent to $message_recipient.<br/><br/><a href='/tell-a-friend'>Send another message</a></p>"); } else { // Show errors - if any if(is_array($error)) { print("Something went wrong:<br/><font color='#FF0000'>"); while(list($key, $val) = each($error)) { print("$val"); print("<br>\n"); } print("</font>"); } ?> <table> <tr><td width="10%"></td><td width="80%"> <form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="tell_a_friend_form" action="<?$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];?>" > <p>Your name: <input type="text" name="message_sendername" size="60" maxlength="60"></p> <p>Your e-mail address: <input type="text" name="message_sender" size="60" maxlength="60"></p> <p>Friend's e-mail address: <input type="text" name="message_recipient" size="60" maxlength="60"></p> <p>E-mail subject: <input type="text" name="message_subject" size="60" maxlength="60"></p> <p>E-mail text: <textarea name="message_text" rows="10" cols="45"></textarea></p> <p><input type="submit" value="Send" name="action"></p> </form> </td><td width="10%"></td> </tr> </table> <?php } ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you, Mads