Session varibable problem, please help

[effendi]

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

[konsu]

do you have any code to demonstrate the problem?
konstantin

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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

[effendi]

konsu wrote:

do you have any code to demonstrate the problem?
konstantin

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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

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

[konsu]

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.

[Ken Robinson]

ef*****@epitome.com.sg wrote:

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

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

[effendi]

Konsu

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

konsu wrote:

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.

[Pedro Graca]

ef*****@epitome.com.sg top-posted:

... do you know what settings on the server
could affect the session variable?

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

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[effendi]

Pedro Graca wrote:

ef*****@epitome.com.sg top-posted:

... do you know what settings on the server
could affect the session variable?
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.

[Pedro Graca]

ef*****@epitome.com.sg wrote:

Pedro Graca wrote:

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

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

No, no need to turn register_globals on.
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[effendi]

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?

[Steve]

ef*****@epitome.com.sg wrote:

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?

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

[effendi]

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

Steve wrote:

ef*****@epitome.com.sg wrote:

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?

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

perhaps?

[effendi]

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

ef*****@epitome.com.sg wrote:

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

Steve wrote:

ef*****@epitome.com.sg wrote:

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?

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

perhaps?