On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 02:52 PM, Phillip S. Baker wrote:
Greetings all,
I am looking for a good tutorial on the net about sessions.
I have found a few but they do not seem to go in much detail about full
use.
Can anyone suggest anything?
How's this:
1) Put session_start() at the top of any script in which you wish to use
sessions.
2) Use $_SESSION['varname'] = $var; to assign any variable to a
session variable (assuming you are using PHP 4.1 or greater)
3) Keep in mind that users must have cookies enabled to store the
session ID cookie, or you will have to plan for this by appending the
SID to the querystring for each page in which you intend the session
data to be accessible.
I.e. :
?php
print trtda href=\http://domain.com/index.php?SID=$SID\;Go
Home/a/td/tr;
?
Yes, this is a pain in the ass so if you want to use sessions
extensively you can have PHP do it automatically by recompiling PHP with
--enable-trans-id (I think, check the man for details).
4) Read the session-related functions' man pages
It's really very simple! With PHP 4.1, you don't even need to use
session_register() to assign session variables, just use (2) from above.
Erik
PS: 5) when you have specific questions ask the list
Erik Price
Web Developer Temp
Media Lab, H.H. Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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