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Jun 01.2011

Hi webdevs!

I am having a hard time with sessions. I bet it’s because I don’t REALLY understand the intricacies of PHP sessions, but I’m trying to hack my way through.

I’ve got this simple 2 page system, an add to cart page (1) and a cart page (2).

Procedure:
– On page 1, submit a form and set $_SESSION[‘example’]; through a function.
– On page 1, successfully echo $_SESSION[‘example’];
– On page 2, it fails to echo $_SESSION[‘example’];

Isn’t the point of a session to set a variable that can be accessed on any page of the site within a time frame?

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@_varauthorJun 01.2011 — The only wildcard here is that I am in Drupal... not using Drupal sessions. I wouldn't think that would matter though.
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@NogDogJun 01.2011 — Did you do a session_start() on [b]both[/b] pages, before any type of output is generated on either and before any usage of $_SESSION?
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