ID: 17122
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Verified
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: Linux RH 7.2
PHP Version: 4.2.0
New Comment:
As session variables are subject to be registered as global variables
(if register_globals is on), and identifier names (including variable
names) cannot begin with a numeric character, it's not too hard to see
that session variables should not begin with a number. Basically
session variables
should follow naming ruiles for identifiers IMHO.
Previous Comments:
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[2002-07-05 15:46:23] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whoop! One more thing! $_SESSION[CUSTOMER_ID] does work on page 1
also! Didn't include that as Example #3 on page 1.
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[2002-07-05 15:43:30] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I struggled with the $_SESSION problem for almost a week. When I read
this report, that is when reality hit me. In the comment written by
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" saying that I'm not suppose to use the numberic value.
I'm using PHP 4.2.1 and AIX 4.3.3. Here's the example that work which
should not have work at all. See the "//This one work!! (Numberic
Value)".
Why do I have to spend almost a week struggling over it? I read many
documentation about $_SESSION vs. session_register() with the
register_global turned off, but they say nothing about the numeric
value that aren't allowed to be used?
Thanks,
FletchSOD
--clip--
//-------Page 1---------
define(CUSTOMER_ID,0);
define(CUSTOMER_NAME,1);
define(STREET,4);
define(CITY,5);
define(STATE,6);
define(ZIP_CODE,7);
$salt = strtoupper(md5(uniqid(rand())));
session_id($salt);
session_start();
//$result is from odbc_exec
odbc_fetch_into($result,$_SESSION,1);
//Example #1
print_r($_SESSION); //This one work!! (Numeric Value)
//Example #2
echo $_SESSION[0]; //This one work also! (Numberic Value)
header("Location: https://www.whatever.com/page2.php";);
//-------Page 2---------
session_start();
print_r($_SESSION); //This one does not work!
--clip--
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[2002-06-28 09:11:18] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You're not supposed to do that. But it should indeed be documented.
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[2002-06-28 06:15:31] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, that seems reasonable. (Even though I cannot find anything in the
manual that explicitly states that numerical indexes are unsupported)
However, the setting of a numerical index seems to silently break
something, since the other values in the example are affected as well.
Is this really the intended behavior?
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[2002-06-27 23:07:05] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Numerical indexes in $_SESSION are NOT supported.
(and never will be)
User error -> bogus.
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