Session varibable problem, please help

I have been having error messages relating to a session variable. I did
a print_r of the $session and I got the following results

Array ( [language] => english [languages_id] => 1 [selected_box] =>
configuration [IsAdminLoggedIn] => 1 )
Fatal error: Session variable IsAdminLoggedIn is not globally defined

As you could see in the print out, the variable IsAdminLogged in is set
and yet I get the error message, does anyone know what is going on?
Thanks

do you have any code to demonstrate the problem?
konstantin

<effendi@epitome.com.sg> wrote in message
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>I have been having error messages relating to a session variable. I did
> a print_r of the $session and I got the following results
>
> Array ( [language] => english [languages_id] => 1 [selected_box] =>
> configuration [IsAdminLoggedIn] => 1 )
> Fatal error: Session variable IsAdminLoggedIn is not globally defined
>
>
> As you could see in the print out, the variable IsAdminLogged in is set
> and yet I get the error message, does anyone know what is going on?
> Thanks
>[/color]

konsu wrote:[color=blue]
> do you have any code to demonstrate the problem?
> konstantin
>
> <effendi@epitome.com.sg> wrote in message
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> >I have been having error messages relating to a session variable. I[/color][/color]
did[color=blue][color=green]
> > a print_r of the $session and I got the following results
> >
> > Array ( [language] => english [languages_id] => 1 [selected_box] =>
> > configuration [IsAdminLoggedIn] => 1 )
> > Fatal error: Session variable IsAdminLoggedIn is not globally[/color][/color]
defined[color=blue][color=green]
> >
> >
> > As you could see in the print out, the variable IsAdminLogged in is[/color][/color]
set[color=blue][color=green]
> > and yet I get the error message, does anyone know what is going on?
> > Thanks
> >[/color][/color]

Konstantin

This is the code I had in my pages

<?php
session_start ();

// Use $HTTP_SESSION_VARS with PHP 4.0.6 or less
if (!isset($_SESSION['IsAdminLoggedIn'])) {
//(!isset($_SESSION['IsAdminLoggedIn']))
header("Location: index_login.php?ALE=0");
}
?>

I hope this shed some light on how I used the session variable.
Regards

i placed this code in to a separate php file and it displayed 'ok':

<?php
session_start ();
if (!isset($_SESSION['IsAdminLoggedIn']))
{
echo('ok');
}
?>

must be a configuration problem on your server.

effendi@epitome.com.sg wrote:[color=blue]
> I have been having error messages relating to a session variable. I[/color]
did[color=blue]
> a print_r of the $session and I got the following results
>
> Array ( [language] => english [languages_id] => 1 [selected_box] =>
> configuration [IsAdminLoggedIn] => 1 )
> Fatal error: Session variable IsAdminLoggedIn is not globally defined
>
>
> As you could see in the print out, the variable IsAdminLogged in is[/color]
set[color=blue]
> and yet I get the error message, does anyone know what is going on?
> Thanks[/color]

No, the variable $_SESSION['configuration']['IsAdminLoggedIn'] is set.
That is different.

Change your code to reflect this.

Also, when using print_r on arrays, use:

echo '<pre>';print_r ($array);echo '</pre>';
This will format the dump much prettier on the screen.

Ken

Konsu

Thanks for trying that out, do you know what settings on the server
could affect the session variable?

konsu wrote:[color=blue]
> i placed this code in to a separate php file and it displayed 'ok':
>
> <?php
> session_start ();
> if (!isset($_SESSION['IsAdminLoggedIn']))
> {
> echo('ok');
> }
> ?>
>
> must be a configuration problem on your server.[/color]

effendi@epitome.com.sg top-posted:[color=blue]
> ... do you know what settings on the server
> could affect the session variable?[/color]

I could bet that "session.save_path" is badly configured.

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> > ... do you know what settings on the server
> > could affect the session variable?[/color]
>
> I could bet that "session.save_path" is badly configured.
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Hi

I found that my session.save_path was set to a folder called /tmp
which didn't exist. I created the folder in the directory but
unfortunately no effect.

I was wondering if "register_globals" function is needed to be turned
on on hte server as on mine it is set to off.

effendi@epitome.com.sg wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Pedro Graca wrote:[color=green]
>> I could bet that "session.save_path" is badly configured.[/color]
>
> I found that my session.save_path was set to a folder called /tmp
> which didn't exist. I created the folder in the directory but
> unfortunately no effect.[/color]

If you don't want to change php.ini, create the "tmp" directory under
the root directory ("C:\tmp")

Or change php.ini so that session.save_path points to an *existing*
directory and then restart your web-server,
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> I was wondering if "register_globals" function is needed to be turned
> on on hte server as on mine it is set to off.[/color]

No, no need to turn register_globals on.
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My hosting provider has C:\tmp created and re-started the server, Still
no luck.

Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Since the variable [IsAdminLogged] exists when I printed $_session, why
does it not picked up for line

if (!isset($_SESSION['IsAdminLoggedIn']))
logically it should,. Shouldn't it?

effendi@epitome.com.sg wrote:[color=blue]
> My hosting provider has C:\tmp created and re-started the server, Still
> no luck.
>
> Sorry if this is a stupid question.
>
> Since the variable [IsAdminLogged] exists when I printed $_session, why
> does it not picked up for line
>
> if (!isset($_SESSION['IsAdminLoggedIn']))
> logically it should,. Shouldn't it?
>[/color]

No, bcause you set one variable, and test one with another name, perhaps?

I'll try that. Thanks for your suggestion. Will update everyone on the
outcome.

Steve wrote:[color=blue]
> effendi@epitome.com.sg wrote:[color=green]
> > My hosting provider has C:\tmp created and re-started the server,[/color][/color]
Still[color=blue][color=green]
> > no luck.
> >
> > Sorry if this is a stupid question.
> >
> > Since the variable [IsAdminLogged] exists when I printed $_session,[/color][/color]
why[color=blue][color=green]
> > does it not picked up for line
> >
> > if (!isset($_SESSION['IsAdminLoggedIn']))
> > logically it should,. Shouldn't it?
> >[/color]
>
> No, bcause you set one variable, and test one with another name,[/color]
perhaps?

I tried what Steve suggested and replaced IsAdminLogged with Language
and I didn't get any error. What does this suggest? Does it mean the
variable IsAdminLogged wasn't set correctly?

Regards

effendi@epitome.com.sg wrote:[color=blue]
> I'll try that. Thanks for your suggestion. Will update everyone on[/color]
the[color=blue]
> outcome.
>
> Steve wrote:[color=green]
> > effendi@epitome.com.sg wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > My hosting provider has C:\tmp created and re-started the server,[/color][/color]
> Still[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > no luck.
> > >
> > > Sorry if this is a stupid question.
> > >
> > > Since the variable [IsAdminLogged] exists when I printed[/color][/color][/color]
$_session,[color=blue]
> why[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > does it not picked up for line
> > >
> > > if (!isset($_SESSION['IsAdminLoggedIn']))
> > > logically it should,. Shouldn't it?
> > >[/color]
> >
> > No, bcause you set one variable, and test one with another name,[/color]
> perhaps?[/color]