my session variables aren't lasting when posting to SELF

[google]

My login.htm takes the value (a password) of a textfield and POSTS it
to page2.php. This works correctly.

The first thing Page2.php does is start a session, put the password in
it, then open a MySQL database, and insert various values (which start
off NULL) and then closes the connection. Following this, an HTML form
is displayed and the user enters values. This form is POSTed to itself
(no 'action') and the idea is that the php at the head of the page will
run the SQL query again with the new values. Unfortunately, on
reloading the page, my $_SESSION['pass'] variable has nothing in it.

the relevant code looks like this ;

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['pass']=$_POST['pass']; //posted from login page

.......
$pass=$_SESSION['pass']; //turn it into var for MySQL
query

?>

The first time I get to this page, via login page, it works correctly
because the password is posted. When it rePOSTs to itself however, the
$_SESSION['pass'] remains empty. Does the php need to be inside the
form ?
I have tried adding session_write_close() directly after writing
$_SESSION['pass'], but to no avail.

Thank you

[Oli Filth]

go****@charliefortune.com wrote:

My login.htm takes the value (a password) of a textfield and POSTS it
to page2.php. This works correctly.

The first thing Page2.php does is start a session, put the password in
it, then open a MySQL database, and insert various values (which start
off NULL) and then closes the connection. Following this, an HTML form
is displayed and the user enters values. This form is POSTed to itself
(no 'action') and the idea is that the php at the head of the page will
run the SQL query again with the new values. Unfortunately, on
reloading the page, my $_SESSION['pass'] variable has nothing in it.

the relevant code looks like this ;

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['pass']=$_POST['pass']; //posted from login page

......
$pass=$_SESSION['pass']; //turn it into var for MySQL
query

?>

The first time I get to this page, via login page, it works correctly
because the password is posted. When it rePOSTs to itself however, the
$_SESSION['pass'] remains empty.

Two things to check:

* Is there any character output in page2.php before the opening <?php ?
This includes *any* whitespace, newlines, etc. If there is, then
session_start() will not work correctly (or at all).

* Do you have cookies enabled on your browser? Check in your browser's
cookie list whether you're getting a PHPSESSID cookie from the domain
your script is running on.
--
Oli

[Gordon Burditt]

>My login.htm takes the value (a password) of a textfield and POSTS it

to page2.php. This works correctly.

The first thing Page2.php does is start a session, put the password in
it, then open a MySQL database, and insert various values (which start
off NULL) and then closes the connection. Following this, an HTML form
is displayed and the user enters values. This form is POSTed to itself
(no 'action') and the idea is that the php at the head of the page will
run the SQL query again with the new values. Unfortunately, on
reloading the page, my $_SESSION['pass'] variable has nothing in it.

the relevant code looks like this ;

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['pass']=$_POST['pass']; //posted from login page
When the user clicks SUBMIT (on Page2, not the login page), the HTML
form doesn't have a $_POST['pass'] in it, so you wipe out the one from
the session.

......
$pass=$_SESSION['pass']; //turn it into var for MySQL
query

?>

The first time I get to this page, via login page, it works correctly
because the password is posted. When it rePOSTs to itself however, the
$_SESSION['pass'] remains empty.
Seems like it doesn't REMAIN empty, your code empties it.
Does the php need to be inside the
form ?
I have tried adding session_write_close() directly after writing
$_SESSION['pass'], but to no avail.

Gordon L. Burditt