session variable error - what am I missing here?

[Microbe]

Hey all,

I have a lot of experience with ASP but am fairly new to (and am enjoying) PHP.

Can someone point out what the problem here is? I can't figure it for the life of me. This code is from a login page.

    //declare two session variables and assign them
    $GLOBALS['Username'] = $loginUsername;
    $GLOBALS['UserGroup'] = $loginStrGroup;	      

    //register the session variables
    session_register("Username");
    session_register("UserGroup");

	echo("global = ". $GLOBALS['UserGroup']. "  :: group = " . $_SESSION['UserGroup'] . " ::  name = " . $_SESSION['Username'] . " :: db = " . $row_users['userAdministratorLevel']." :: loginstrgroup =  " . $loginStrGroup);
	exit();

which produces the result

global = 40 :: group = 0 :: name = steve :: db = 40 :: loginstrgroup = 40

Can anyone explain why the uUsername session is fine, but the UserGroup session is "0" where all the variables associated with it are correct (40).

What am I missing here?

Steve Davis
ttf(a)HaHaHa.com.au

http://www.HaHaHa.com.au/weblog

Me? I can't even spell ASP!

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[nego78]

if you have register_globals off (what is recommended) use:

//register the session variables
$_SESSION['Username'] = $loginUsername;
$_SESSION['UserGroup'] = $loginStrGroup;

gry online

 

[Microbe]

Thanks for that, in fact, that is how I have made it work.

I assume that "register_globals" is a server variable in the ini file.

The code was created by Dreamweaver MX 2004...I should know better...especially after it trashed a complete website yesterday...a week's work down the drain

Steve Davis
ttf(a)HaHaHa.com.au

http://www.HaHaHa.com.au/weblog

Me? I can't even spell ASP!

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[kenrbnsn]

You also need to have the statement

session_start()

before your script outputs any data. Put this statement in any script where you want to access the session variables.

Ken

 

[Microbe]

Thanks Ken. I have that...or (as I understand it) the session variales wouldn't work at all.

Steve Davis
ttf(a)HaHaHa.com.au

http://www.HaHaHa.com.au/weblog

Me? I can't even spell ASP!

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