Sharing session variables

How can I share session registered variables between different processes?
Here is my problem:
File 1:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
<?php
session_start();
$var1="This should";
$var2="be displayed";
$_SESSION[ 'var1' ]=$var1;
$_SESSION[ 'var2' ]=$var2;
if (session_is_registered('var1')) {
print "Var1 is registered<br>";
}
if (session_is_registered('var2')) {
print "Var2 is registered<br>";
}
print "<A HREF=/work/test2.php>Second File</A>";
?>


File 2:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
<?php
if (session_is_registered('var1')) {
print "test2:Var1 is registered<br>";
}
if (session_is_registered('var2')) {
print "test2:Var2 is registered<br>";
}

$var1=$_SESSION[ 'var1' ];
$var2=$_SESSION[ 'var2' ];
print "$var1 $var2 <br>";
?>


In file test2.php neither variable is reported as a session registered
variable and nothing is displayed. File /tmp/sess* has the correct
contents:
var1|s:11:"This should";var2|s:12:"be displayed";

How can I establish real global variables, ones which will
be visible in both files? I thought that httpd was supposed
to read the sessxxxxx file, depending on the cookie received from
the browser and establish those global variables.
I apologize if it is a beginer question, but I was unable to
answer it either through the O'Reilly book or PHP online literature.
I'm at the verge of re-installing PHP 4.3.36 with shmop module enabled.
--
Trust me, I know what I'm doing. (Sledge Hammer)

make sure you add:
session_start();
and the top of each page that you want to access the variables in.

"Mladen Gogala" <gogala@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.06.02.04.49.57.186315@sbcglobal.net. ..
> How can I share session registered variables between different processes?
> Here is my problem:
> File 1:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
> session_start();
> $var1="This should";
> $var2="be displayed";
> $_SESSION[ 'var1' ]=$var1;
> $_SESSION[ 'var2' ]=$var2;
> if (session_is_registered('var1')) {
> print "Var1 is registered<br>";
> }
> if (session_is_registered('var2')) {
> print "Var2 is registered<br>";
> }
> print "<A HREF=/work/test2.php>Second File</A>";
> ?>
>
>
> File 2:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
> if (session_is_registered('var1')) {
> print "test2:Var1 is registered<br>";
> }
> if (session_is_registered('var2')) {
> print "test2:Var2 is registered<br>";
> }
>
> $var1=$_SESSION[ 'var1' ];
> $var2=$_SESSION[ 'var2' ];
> print "$var1 $var2 <br>";
> ?>
>
>
> In file test2.php neither variable is reported as a session registered
> variable and nothing is displayed. File /tmp/sess* has the correct
> contents:
> var1|s:11:"This should";var2|s:12:"be displayed";
>
> How can I establish real global variables, ones which will
> be visible in both files? I thought that httpd was supposed
> to read the sessxxxxx file, depending on the cookie received from
> the browser and establish those global variables.
> I apologize if it is a beginer question, but I was unable to
> answer it either through the O'Reilly book or PHP online literature.
> I'm at the verge of re-installing PHP 4.3.36 with shmop module enabled.
> --
> Trust me, I know what I'm doing. (Sledge Hammer)
>

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 22:17:24 -0800, StinkFinger wrote:

> make sure you add:
> session_start();
> and the top of each page that you want to access the variables in.

Thanks a lot. That was it.

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Trust me, I know what I'm doing. (Sledge Hammer)

Regarding this well-known quote, often attributed to Mladen Gogala's famous
"Wed, 02 Jun 2004 00:49:58 -0400" speech:

> How can I share session registered variables between different processes?
> Here is my problem:
> File 1:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
> session_start();
> $var1="This should";
> $var2="be displayed";
> $_SESSION[ 'var1' ]=$var1;
> $_SESSION[ 'var2' ]=$var2;
> if (session_is_registered('var1')) {
> print "Var1 is registered<br>";
> }
> if (session_is_registered('var2')) {
> print "Var2 is registered<br>";
> }
> print "<A HREF=/work/test2.php>Second File</A>";
> ?>
>
>
> File 2:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
> if (session_is_registered('var1')) {
> print "test2:Var1 is registered<br>";
> }
> if (session_is_registered('var2')) {
> print "test2:Var2 is registered<br>";
> }
>
> $var1=$_SESSION[ 'var1' ];
> $var2=$_SESSION[ 'var2' ];
> print "$var1 $var2 <br>";
> ?>
>
>
> In file test2.php neither variable is reported as a session registered
> variable and nothing is displayed. File /tmp/sess* has the correct
> contents:
> var1|s:11:"This should";var2|s:12:"be displayed";
>
> How can I establish real global variables, ones which will
> be visible in both files? I thought that httpd was supposed
> to read the sessxxxxx file, depending on the cookie received from
> the browser and establish those global variables.
> I apologize if it is a beginer question, but I was unable to
> answer it either through the O'Reilly book or PHP online literature.
> I'm at the verge of re-installing PHP 4.3.36 with shmop module enabled.

Be sure to session_start() the session in test2.php. The session_start()
function is a bit misnamed. You use it to start a new session but you also
use it to continue an old one.

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php

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