PHP Session question...

[dysfunct]

Hey all.
Trying to get sessions to work on my app. The issue is this. When the
main page loads I check for a session variable uname to see if the
user is logged in and display a "hello, username" message, or
otherwise use "guest." Pretty straightforward. Then I have a login
form that uses AJAX calls to log the user in. If the login info is
correct, I set $_SESSION['uname'] to the username. However, if I then
refresh the main page, the session info is gone. Here's a glimpse at
what's going down....

From index.php:
<?php
session_start();

?>
....
<span>Hello, <?php if(isset($_SESSION['uname'])){
echo $_SESSION['uname'];
}
else {
echo 'Guest';
}?></span>

From login.php:
<?php

$dbh=mysql_connect ...

...
//do this on login SUCCESS:
echo 'Login Successful';
$_SESSION['uname'] = $_POST['un'];
};
?>
I can't use session_start() in login.php; it gives me an error saying
http headers have already been sent.

Any suggestions?

[Jerry Stuckle]

dysfunct wrote:

Hey all.
Trying to get sessions to work on my app. The issue is this. When the
main page loads I check for a session variable uname to see if the
user is logged in and display a "hello, username" message, or
otherwise use "guest." Pretty straightforward. Then I have a login
form that uses AJAX calls to log the user in. If the login info is
correct, I set $_SESSION['uname'] to the username. However, if I then
refresh the main page, the session info is gone. Here's a glimpse at
what's going down....

From index.php:
<?php
session_start();

?>
...
<span>Hello, <?php if(isset($_SESSION['uname'])){
echo $_SESSION['uname'];
}
else {
echo 'Guest';
}?></span>

From login.php:
<?php

$dbh=mysql_connect ...

...
//do this on login SUCCESS:
echo 'Login Successful';
$_SESSION['uname'] = $_POST['un'];
};
?>
I can't use session_start() in login.php; it gives me an error saying
http headers have already been sent.

Any suggestions?

You need session_start() at the beginning of EVERY page which uses sessions.

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[Rik Wasmus]

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:48:21 +0200, Jerry Stuckle
<js*******@attglobal.netwrote:

> I can't use session_start() in login.php; it gives me an error saying
http headers have already been sent.
Any suggestions?

You need session_start() at the beginning of EVERY page which uses
sessions.

Indeed, and you should be able to start a session on every request where
it's needed BEFORE generating any output. The error message will tell you
where the output started, get your session_start() before that.
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Rik Wasmus