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branco holtslag
branco holtslag

Reputation: 279

How to use a changing variable across two php files

I want to create a folder on my server named after the current date. My variable would be: $foldername = date('HisYmd');

I have two scripts that both upload one file to the folder, one of the scripts creates the folder when the submit button is pressed, the other script uploads bigger files so it's like 5 seconds slower.

So basically my question is, how can I lock $foldername for the two scripts so that it doesn't change every second?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 153

Answers (1)

Gogol
Gogol

Reputation: 3070

Use session variables.

Example:

in file 1:

if(!session_id())
 session_start();
$_SESSION['foldername'] = $foldername  = date('HisYmd');

in file 2:

if(!session_id())
 session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['foldername']) && !empty($_SESSION['foldername']))
  $foldername = $_SESSION['foldername'];

Upvotes: 2

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