simple session example

hi there,
on http://www.php.net/manual/en/printwn/ref.session.php i found a simple example to see how session variables work.
i modified it a little bit to show the result. see below.

my problem is: the counter always shows "0".
as i read across several forum-entries and the php-manual it is not nessecary to use session_register or something else to make this example work cause i'm using php 4.0.6.
any ideas are welcome
thanx,
tigercat

Hi,

You have misread the information, quote from the manual:



So if you are using PHP 4.0.6 or less you need to replace the $_SESSION with $HTTP_SESSION_VARS but you still need to use the session_register function. The only time you dont use the session_register function is if you are using $_SESSION.

HTH

hi there again

thanx for your reply.
i still think there was some truth im my qustion - refering to http://www.php.net/manual/en/printw...on-register.php

but i think that's not the main topic. i rather think there must be something to add in the example and i don't know what it is. all the post in this forum dealing with "sessions" show it a similar way but i'm not lucky with any of them.

additional: running linux, apache 1.3.19

greetings
tigercat

Read this comment posted in the user comments section of that page and you will uinderstand more clearly what I mean

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ddan6709@yahoo.com
28-Aug-2002 04:44

I'm writing my first PHP application and I?ve tested the saving of the session variables (I use PHP 4.0.6 on SuSE Linux). I've noticed the following:

1.
If register_globals is ON, the variables cannot be seen in another page if you don't issue a session_register() after you set the variables. For example the following code:

<?php
session_start ();
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS[ 'testvar'] = "variable transmission test";
$testvar = 'modified';

echo "<a href= \"./secpage.php\">Link</a>";
?>

won't display anything in a second page generated by the code:

<?php
session_start ();
echo "Second Page!";
echo "
</br> ";
if (isset($HTTP_SESSION_VARS[ 'testvar']))
{
echo "HTTP_SESSION_VARS: " . $HTTP_SESSION_VARS[ 'testvar'];
};
echo "
</br> ";
if (isset($testvar))
{
echo "testvar: ". $testvar;
};
?>

After I've added the session_register('testvar') line after setting the variables, the following is displayed in the second page:

HTTP_SESSION_VARS: modified
testvar: modified

These is strange because the manual specify not to use session_register if we use $HTTP_SESSION_VARS.

2.
If register_globals is off, you don't need to use session_register('testvar') but in the second page displays:

HTTP_SESSION_VARS: variable transmission test

The conclusion is that if you want your code to work with register_globals set either to On or OFF you must use session_register(). You must also use only $HTTP_SESSION_VARS to set the variable.

hi there SilkySmooth

you were right. with your post i could solve my problem. thanks very much.

tigercat