Re: very basic: session_start();

[larry]

using session_start() on a script - if there is no session it sets
one up; if there is a session, it opens it. If you wait too long
between pages it disposes the session automatically (set time for
session to keep alive in php.ini).

You need session_start() on all pages that needs to access the
$_SESSION array.

$_SESSION is just like an array variable, so if you want to segregate
data you could set a sub array of page data in $_SESSION...

$_SESSION['views'][1] = ...array of data...;

Hope that helps
Larry

[Twayne]

using session_start() on a script - if there is no session it sets

one up; if there is a session, it opens it. If you wait too long
between pages it disposes the session automatically (set time for
session to keep alive in php.ini).

Ha! I think that might explain a couple of "strange" events that happen
when I go away and come back later! If I read that right, it's only
about 24 minutes (1440 S). I'm not going to change it because I don't
know the nuances/inter-plays of the php.ini yet. I'm perfectly happy
just knowing there's a reason for it! I've been getting ready to blame
the OS.

>
You need session_start() on all pages that needs to access the
$_SESSION array.

$_SESSION is just like an array variable, so if you want to segregate
data you could set a sub array of page data in $_SESSION...

$_SESSION['views'][1] = ...array of data...;

Hope that helps
Larry

I think I'm starting to catch on; for whatever reason I've been totally
misinterpreting some of these things including $_SESSION. It's always
hardest for me to get the basics into my head when I start something new
like this.

Thanks much

Twayne

[larry]

On Jun 14, 11:02 am, "Twayne" <[e-mail]:

>

You need session_start() on all pages that needs to access the
$_SESSION array.

$_SESSION is just like an array variable, so if you want to segregate
data you could set a sub array of page data in $_SESSION...

$_SESSION['views'][1] = ...array of data...;

I think I'm starting to catch on; for whatever reason I've been totally
misinterpreting some of these things including $_SESSION. It's always
hardest for me to get the basics into my head when I start something new
like this.

Sometimes it's a lot more simpler then you realize.

How to use arrays is a big part of making some cool PHP stuff,
especially how to handle them in form data and in $_SESSION. It's
taken me a while to wrap my brain around it too, but its worth it.