I am programming a blog.

index.php sets up the layout for the web page. This includes the
heading, left hand and bottom menus.

The content is loaded by the command:

include($filename);

the $_SESSION variables aren't available to files like blog.php . The
session variables only work in the initial file, index.php.

I am NOT using frames. The web page is loaded all at the same time.
Simply when index.php is done, it passes the "baton" to the next .php
file to display the specific information the user is requesting.

Any ideas / suggestions?

Ron

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Ron Piggott <ron.php@actsministries.org> wrote:
> I am programming a blog.
>
> index.php sets up the layout for the web page. This includes the
> heading, left hand and bottom menus.
>
> The content is loaded by the command:
>
> include($filename);
>
> the $_SESSION variables aren't available to files like blog.php . The
> session variables only work in the initial file, index.php.

Did you remember to add session_start() to the head of the master
file that's including the other files?

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This is one of the first commands given.

I am using modrewrites to call the blog entries.

blog.php is responsible for displaying both the table of contents and
the blog entries. When the table of contents is called
(http://www.rons-home.net/page/blog/ ) the session variables are
present. When an actual blog entry is displayed
( http://www.rons-home.net/blog/28/ ) the session variables aren't
there.

I am not sure what is happening / why.

The login is at http://www.rons-home.net/page/login/ It has 'page' in
the URL. But I am not sure why this should upset the session
variables ...

Any thoughts?

Ron

On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 19:59 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Ron Piggott <ron.php@actsministries.org> wrote:
> > I am programming a blog.
> >
> > index.php sets up the layout for the web page. This includes the
> > heading, left hand and bottom menus.
> >
> > The content is loaded by the command:
> >
> > include($filename);
> >
> > the $_SESSION variables aren't available to files like blog.php . The
> > session variables only work in the initial file, index.php.
>
> Did you remember to add session_start() to the head of the master
> file that's including the other files?
>

I did some more testing. The URL is the problem.

Logins are from


On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 19:59 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Ron Piggott <ron.php@actsministries.org> wrote:
> > I am programming a blog.
> >
> > index.php sets up the layout for the web page. This includes the
> > heading, left hand and bottom menus.
> >
> > The content is loaded by the command:
> >
> > include($filename);
> >
> > the $_SESSION variables aren't available to files like blog.php . The
> > session variables only work in the initial file, index.php.
>
> Did you remember to add session_start() to the head of the master
> file that's including the other files?
>

Oops

Logins are from

http://www.rons-home.net/page/login-greeting/

Blog postings are from

http://www.rons-home.net/blog/28/

with the word 'page' gone the session variable doesn't acknowledge the
login.

Ron


On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 21:12 -0400, Ron Piggott wrote:
> I did some more testing. The URL is the problem.
>
> Logins are from
>
>
> On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 19:59 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Ron Piggott <ron.php@actsministries.org> wrote:
> > > I am programming a blog.
> > >
> > > index.php sets up the layout for the web page. This includes the
> > > heading, left hand and bottom menus.
> > >
> > > The content is loaded by the command:
> > >
> > > include($filename);
> > >
> > > the $_SESSION variables aren't available to files like blog.php . The
> > > session variables only work in the initial file, index.php.
> >
> > Did you remember to add session_start() to the head of the master
> > file that's including the other files?
> >
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> with the word 'page' gone the session variable doesn't acknowledge the login.

Session is a pretty simple system. session_start() maintains a browser
and a file on your server. If either is not found, or
session_start() isn't called, $_SESSION is empty.

1. session_start() must be called in every script
2. in all scripts http://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php
should be identical, particularly save_path

Steve