My PHP Sessions dont work

Dan Walker · Dan Walker

Please can someone help me with this. I have a nice simple test for a php
session to see if my setup is ok, but it does not pass vars correctly.

Setup:
WinXP, Apache 1.3, PHP 4.3.3.
I ahve the setting in php.ini for session.save.path = "c:\php\temp\"

It does create session files in here but does not pass the vars to the next
page.

My php.ini is the php.ini-recommended with just the above bit changed.

This is my test:

sessiontest1.php:
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['session_var']= "testing";
?>
<html>
<head><title>Testing Sessions page 1</title></head>
<body>
<?php
echo "This is a test of the sessions feature.
<form action='sessionTest2.php'' method='post'>
<input type='text' name='form_var' value='testing'>
<input type='submit' value='go to next page'>
</form>";
?>
</body>

sessiontest2.php:

<?php
session_start();
?>
<html>
<head><title>Testing Sessions page 2</title></head>
<body>
<?php
/* echo "session_var = $_SESSION['session_var']<br>\n";*/
echo "form_var = $_SESSION['form_var']<br>\n";
?>
</body>
</html>

Sorry about the font change - cannot change it back!!

Please do help me as i cannot solve this myself and have tried everything
from different websites.

Thanks

Dan

Andy Hassall · Andy Hassall

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 14:11:44 +0000 (UTC), "Dan Walker" <dan.j.walker@talk21.com>
wrote:

>Please can someone help me with this. I have a nice simple test for a php
>session to see if my setup is ok, but it does not pass vars correctly.
>
>Setup:
>WinXP, Apache 1.3, PHP 4.3.3.
>I ahve the setting in php.ini for session.save.path = "c:\php\temp\"
>
>It does create session files in here but does not pass the vars to the next
>page.
>
>My php.ini is the php.ini-recommended with just the above bit changed.
>
>This is my test:
>
>sessiontest1.php:
><?php
>session_start();
>$_SESSION['session_var']= "testing";

Here you set session_var as a session variable.

>sessiontest2.php:
>
><?php
>session_start();
>?>
><html>
><head><title>Testing Sessions page 2</title></head>
><body>
><?php
>/* echo "session_var = $_SESSION['session_var']<br>\n";*/

Why's this commented out?

>echo "form_var = $_SESSION['form_var']<br>\n";

Here you try and print out form_var, which wasn't set as a session variable.

Also you don't use single quotes on array subscripts inside double quotes;
this results in a parse error - unless you put braces around it as in:

echo "form_var = {$_SESSION['form_var']}<br>\n";

But what you actually want is:

echo "session_var = {$_SESSION['session_var']}<br>\n";

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Dan Walker · Dan Walker

ok, sorry for the silly bits in that code.

I commented out the first bit as i get an error. I have now corrected
sessiontest2.php as follows:

<?php
session_start();
?>
<html>
<head><title>Testing Sessions page 2</title></head>
<body>
<?php
echo "form_var = $_SESSION['session_var']<br>\n";
?>
</body>
</html>

I still get a blank page with no text at all!! If i run this in an IDE dubug
thing like PHPEd I get the following error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting
T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Program Files\Apache
Group\Apache\htdocs\php_place\sessionTest2.php on line 9

I do not understand what this means. I get a blank page when running from
the server and this when i run in PHPEd. This error is why i commented out
the line in the other script. I have E_ALL set for error reporting in
php.ini, but only get this error in phpED, not IE6...
"Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
news:nf3qqv4rd9926quj04khfqsliogbgnj4f6@4ax.com...

> On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 14:11:44 +0000 (UTC), "Dan Walker"

<dan.j.walker@talk21.com>

> wrote:
>

> >Please can someone help me with this. I have a nice simple test for a php
> >session to see if my setup is ok, but it does not pass vars correctly.
> >
> >Setup:
> >WinXP, Apache 1.3, PHP 4.3.3.
> >I ahve the setting in php.ini for session.save.path = "c:\php\temp\"
> >
> >It does create session files in here but does not pass the vars to the

> >page.
> >
> >My php.ini is the php.ini-recommended with just the above bit changed.
> >
> >This is my test:
> >
> >sessiontest1.php:
> ><?php
> >session_start();
> >$_SESSION['session_var']= "testing";

>
> Here you set session_var as a session variable.
>

> >sessiontest2.php:
> >
> ><?php
> >session_start();
> >?>
> ><html>
> ><head><title>Testing Sessions page 2</title></head>
> ><body>
> ><?php
> >/* echo "session_var = $_SESSION['session_var']<br>\n";*/

>
> Why's this commented out?
>

> >echo "form_var = $_SESSION['form_var']<br>\n";

>
> Here you try and print out form_var, which wasn't set as a session

variable.

>
> Also you don't use single quotes on array subscripts inside double

quotes;

> this results in a parse error - unless you put braces around it as in:
>
> echo "form_var = {$_SESSION['form_var']}<br>\n";
>
> But what you actually want is:
>
> echo "session_var = {$_SESSION['session_var']}<br>\n";
>
> --
> Andy Hassall (andy@andyh.co.uk) icq(5747695) ([url]http://www.andyh.co.uk[/url])
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Iky · Iky

Dan Walker wrote:

> ok, sorry for the silly bits in that code.
>
> I commented out the first bit as i get an error. I have now corrected
> sessiontest2.php as follows:
>
> <?php
> session_start();
> ?>
> <html>
> <head><title>Testing Sessions page 2</title></head>
> <body>
> <?php
> echo "form_var = $_SESSION['session_var']<br>\n";
> ?>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> I still get a blank page with no text at all!! If i run this in an IDE dubug
> thing like PHPEd I get the following error:
>
> Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting
> T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\htdocs\php_place\sessionTest2.php on line 9

maybe cuz you didn't read :

>> Also you don't use single quotes on array subscripts inside double

quotes;
this results in a parse error - unless you put braces around it as in:
<<

Andy Hassall · Andy Hassall

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 16:54:44 +0000 (UTC), "Dan Walker" <dan.j.walker@talk21.com>
wrote:

>I commented out the first bit as i get an error. I have now corrected
>sessiontest2.php as follows:
>
><?php
> session_start();
>?>
><html>
><head><title>Testing Sessions page 2</title></head>
><body>
><?php
> echo "form_var = $_SESSION['session_var']<br>\n";

Reread my reply above - this is wrong. You want any of:

echo "form_var = {$_SESSION['session_var']}<br>\n";
echo "form_var = ".$_SESSION['session_var']."<br>\n";
echo "form_var = $_SESSION[session_var]<br>\n";

>Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting
>T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Program Files\Apache
>Group\Apache\htdocs\php_place\sessionTest2.php on line 9

[url]http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.sy ntax.double[/url]

[url]http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php#language.types.array.foo-bar[/url]
(see fourth code example section)

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