RE: [PHP] best way to use session vars?
On 19 October 2003 13:00, David T-G wrote: It seems to me that for a fast fix I could set $pw and other vars in my include file in place of registering them and then, later, take my time to correctly switch over to $_POST['pw'] and $_SESSION['pw'] everywhere. Does that sound like a good two-step approach to get all of my code back up and running the soonest? Yes. There's even a PHP function to help with this quick-and-dirty solution -- extract($_SESSION) should do what you want (see http://www.php.net/extract). Cheers! Mike - Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] best way to use session vars?
Mike, et al -- ...and then Ford, Mike [LSS] said... % % On 19 October 2003 13:00, David T-G wrote: % % It seems to me that for a fast fix I could set $pw ... % my code back up and running the soonest? % % Yes. There's even a PHP function to help with this quick-and-dirty solution -- extract($_SESSION) should do what you want (see http://www.php.net/extract). Oooh! Oh, cool; *now* I see how that function is useful! % % Cheers! *Very*. % % Mike Thanks! HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [PHP] best way to use session vars?
Curt, et al --
...and then Curt Zirzow said...
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% * Thus wrote David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
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% Should I use $_SESSION for everything or should I use session_start and
% session_register and friends instead? Is there a clear win with either
% one?
%
% $_SESSION is the proper way to do it (with globals off), you will still need to call
% session_start() on each page.
Ahhh... OK; that's the key. So I session_start but that's all, and then
I write into $_SESSION to save it and read from $_SESSION whenever I want
its value. And to unset a var (incorrect password entered so I want to
wipe out that entry) can I unset($_SESSION[varname])? And, finally, do I
need session_write_close() any more?
The way I'm doing things at the moment has all of my session stuff in my
main include file, which gets called first. It looks like
session_name('$sname') ;
session_start() ;
session_register('pw') ;
session_register('authemail') ;
...
and it keeps all of that session stuff out of the way of the rest of
the code, where I later just check
if ( $pw != $passwordcom )
{
...
}
and such. It seems to me that for a fast fix I could set $pw and other
vars in my include file in place of registering them and then, later,
take my time to correctly switch over to $_POST['pw'] and $_SESSION['pw']
everywhere. Does that sound like a good two-step approach to get all of
my code back up and running the soonest? [I won't be able to check this
today but I'll be on it tomorrow morning at 0500ET when my day starts, so
please don't think I'm just fishing for answers; I'd love to see some by
then but if not I'll forge off on my own!]
%
% Curt
Thanks HAND
:-D
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Re: [PHP] best way to use session vars?
* Thus wrote David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi, all -- Well, now that I have to change my code around, I suppose I should learn the best way, if there is one in particular, to manage sessions. Should I use $_SESSION for everything or should I use session_start and session_register and friends instead? Is there a clear win with either one? $_SESSION is the proper way to do it (with globals off), you will still need to call session_start() on each page. Curt -- My PHP key is worn out PHP List stats since 1997: http://zirzow.dyndns.org/html/mlists/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
