OK php nerds...

[EdFred]

Here's my problem (well, one of many)
pertient info
page1.php

<?php
session_start();

lots of code

$_SESSION['zfile'] = $xufil;
echo $_SESSION['zfile']." test to see session variable works";

?>

Yes, it works, and provides me with the string that was $xufil

click a link which takes me to page2.php

<?php
session_start();
echo $_SESSION['zfile']." test to see session variable works";
?>

Nope. Doesn't work. Blank.

Thoughts?

php.ini doesn't seem to show anything preventing it from working under the sessions header

 

[jesse]

Ed -- create a file with

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

E-mail me the output to

jesse

(AT)

angelldevelopment

(DOTCOM)

 

[EdFred]

Link sent. Check spam folder, I always end up there for some reason.

 

[flyingron]

Try printing $_REQUEST('SESSION_NAME') in both functions to assure you are indeed in the same session.

 

[EdFred]

Someone just disembowel me...

[FONT=&quot]session.save_path = "C:\Temp"[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

Guess what happens when there is no "C:\Temp" directory....


Yeah, that.

 

[SkyHog]

Someone just disembowel me...

[FONT=&quot]session.save_path = "C:\Temp"[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

Guess what happens when there is no "C:\Temp" directory....


Yeah, that.

Why the hell are you running PHP on a Windows box? Why are you running anything on a Windows box?

 

[Archammer]

This may help you without having to send the output string:

http://php.about.com/od/advancedphp/ss/php_sessions_2.htm

 

[flyingron]

Hardcoding C:\TEMP is fraught with peril on WINDOWS. There's no guarantee that's the temp directory or even that C: exists. Unfortunately, most people have their test systems set up that way so you don't find the problem right away.

In php you're supposed to use sys_get_temp_dir() to find the temp directory.

 

[poadeleted21]

Why the hell are you running PHP on a Windows box? Why are you running anything on a Windows box?

If it's good enough to run AOPA's php based forums, it's good enough for Ed.

 

[EdFred]

Why the hell are you running PHP on a Windows box? Why are you running anything on a Windows box?

Amount I know about non-windows systems: 0

The last time I touched anything non-windows was almost 20 years ago, and that was because we were still running DOS. I've only used *nix once, and that was only to get into a program, and I couldn't tell you a single commend string.

 

[EdFred]

Hardcoding C:\TEMP is fraught with peril on WINDOWS. There's no guarantee that's the temp directory or even that C: exists. Unfortunately, most people have their test systems set up that way so you don't find the problem right away.

In php you're supposed to use sys_get_temp_dir() to find the temp directory.

Yeah, I've already redirected the sessions directory, and restarting the system. Just have to reboot.

 

[EdFred]

If it's good enough to run AOPA's php based forums, it's good enough for Ed.

I don't need anything robust. I run an exchange server, host a very basic website, with some simple php and that's pretty much it. Plus, I really don't feel like hiring someone to teach me *nix which I have no desire to learn.