Regarding this well-known quote, often attributed to Mladen Gogala's famous
"Wed, 02 Jun 2004 00:49:58 -0400" speech:
[color=blue]
> How can I share session registered variables between different processes?
> Here is my problem:
> File 1:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
> session_start();
> $var1="This should";
> $var2="be displayed";
> $_SESSION[ 'var1' ]=$var1;
> $_SESSION[ 'var2' ]=$var2;
> if (session_is_registered('var1')) {
> print "Var1 is registered<br>";
> }
> if (session_is_registered('var2')) {
> print "Var2 is registered<br>";
> }
> print "<A HREF=/work/test2.php>Second File</A>";
> ?>
>
>
> File 2:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
> if (session_is_registered('var1')) {
> print "test2:Var1 is registered<br>";
> }
> if (session_is_registered('var2')) {
> print "test2:Var2 is registered<br>";
> }
>
> $var1=$_SESSION[ 'var1' ];
> $var2=$_SESSION[ 'var2' ];
> print "$var1 $var2 <br>";
> ?>
>
>
> In file test2.php neither variable is reported as a session registered
> variable and nothing is displayed. File /tmp/sess* has the correct
> contents:
> var1|s:11:"This should";var2|s:12:"be displayed";
>
> How can I establish real global variables, ones which will
> be visible in both files? I thought that httpd was supposed
> to read the sessxxxxx file, depending on the cookie received from
> the browser and establish those global variables.
> I apologize if it is a beginer question, but I was unable to
> answer it either through the O'Reilly book or PHP online literature.
> I'm at the verge of re-installing PHP 4.3.36 with shmop module enabled.[/color]
Be sure to session_start() the session in test2.php. The session_start()
function is a bit misnamed. You use it to start a new session but you also
use it to continue an old one.
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php
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