CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phphttp-redirectsession-variablesdata-loss
Victor
Victor

Reputation: 99

Session data lost between pages PHP?

I am making a news add form using post method. In the second page i make data validation. I define the variables like $message = $_POST["message"] and after that $_SESSION['message'] = "$message"; after that I echo the session var and everything look fine the data appear. And when I click to send which go to another page to add the data to the DB the session vars a empty. There is session_start on every page if i define veriable like $_SESSION="test" it passess all 3 pages but the data generated in the form is lost. Please help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2191

Answers (1)

Alan Geleynse
Alan Geleynse

Reputation: 25139

$_SESSION="test" is overwriting all of your session data.

Instead you should do what you are doing in other places and use $_SESSION['test']="test".

This will put a new item into your $_SESSION array instead of overwriting all session variables.

Upvotes: 7

Related Questions