hi

for some reason when i first set the value of session variable it does not get recognised straight away. After two ir three attempts the session variable will be found.

i'm using the session to check that a user is valid to the system. I have session start at the top of both pages.

does anyone have any ideas.

thanks

How are you checking the session? Are you just opening the first session page and refreshing it? How is the session ID being passed back to PHP?

Can you be a bit more specific about your script and setup?

The easiest configuration you can do is to turn on session.use_cookies and session.enable_trans_sid (my spellings might be off).

use_cookies means that PHP will store and retrieve the user's session ID in a cookie for you, so you don't have to pass it around as a hidden form field or append it to all your intrasite links.

enable_trans_sid means that PHP will automagically add any required hidden form fields and append the session ID to any intrasite links FOR you.


That said, the most simple session-enabled page is:

<?php
session_start();

$_SESSION['count'] = isset($_SESSION['count'])? $_SESSION['count'] + 1 : 1;

echo "You've seen this page {$_SESSION['count']} times.\n";
?>


Take care,

Nik
http://www.bigaction.org/