Can variables be shared across sessions?

Hi All

Another newbie question. I have a small website working via php and all is
fine, but I wanted to add some new features and was wondering if php allows
for variables to be seen by multiple sessions, ie a user viewing the web
site on one machine can see variables created by another users session. Is
that what $_SERVER[] is for, or am I going to be better of creating a single
entry table in mySQL that has a field for each global variable?

Many thanks

re: Can variables be shared across sessions?

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:04:14 +0000 (UTC), "C16" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>Another newbie question. I have a small website working via php and all is
>fine, but I wanted to add some new features and was wondering if php allows
>for variables to be seen by multiple sessions, ie a user viewing the web
>site on one machine can see variables created by another users session. Is
>that what $_SERVER[] is for, or am I going to be better of creating a single
>entry table in mySQL that has a field for each global variable?[/color]

$_SERVER does not do this; it contains various bits of request information,
but does not persist between requests.

A database would be an appropriate choice for this.
--
Andy Hassall :: andy@andyh.co.uk :: http://www.andyh.co.uk
http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space :: disk and FTP usage analysis tool

re: Can variables be shared across sessions?

Thanks Andy, global table added and working nicely :)

"Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a75rj1pdrnf3t95pov177ih5k58hj5vlcv@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:04:14 +0000 (UTC), "C16" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>Another newbie question. I have a small website working via php and all is
>>fine, but I wanted to add some new features and was wondering if php
>>allows
>>for variables to be seen by multiple sessions, ie a user viewing the web
>>site on one machine can see variables created by another users session. Is
>>that what $_SERVER[] is for, or am I going to be better of creating a
>>single
>>entry table in mySQL that has a field for each global variable?[/color]
>
> $_SERVER does not do this; it contains various bits of request
> information,
> but does not persist between requests.
>
> A database would be an appropriate choice for this.
> --
> Andy Hassall :: andy@andyh.co.uk :: http://www.andyh.co.uk
> http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space :: disk and FTP usage analysis tool[/color]