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Augusto
Augusto

Reputation: 819

PHP Session variables not preserved across pages

I'm new to PHP and I'm facing some problems when working with PHP sessions

Let's say I have a file (index2.php) with this code in it.

<?php 
   session_start();
   $_SESSION['name'] = 'The User';
?>
<a href="index3.php">Click</a>

And this is index3.php

<html>
   <head>
   </head>
   <body>
      <h1>
          <?php 
                 echo $_SESSION['name'];
          ?>
      </h1>
   </body>
</html>

For some reason I don't understand, index3.php doesn't show anything. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 344

Answers (2)

user1625871
user1625871

Reputation:

Make sure you also have session_start(); in all php pages where you want to retain and work with sessions;

make sure index3.php contains session_start();

Upvotes: 2

Giacomo1968
Giacomo1968

Reputation: 26066

In index3.php you need to start the session as well. As per the official PHP docs:

When session_start() is called or when a session auto starts, PHP will call the open and read session save handlers.

Using your example, just initiate session_start() as follows:

<?php 
    session_start();
?>
<html>
   <head>
   </head>
   <body>
      <h1>
          <?php 
                 echo $_SESSION['name'];
          ?>
      </h1>
   </body>
</html>

Upvotes: 4

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