Session help ...

Hello :),

I really think the using the session thingy to sort of track the user is pretty cool so what I need to know is how to use session ...

Thanks :)

Take a look at the tutorials on PHP.net

These have all of the functions that you need to know to use sessions.

Hope this helps.

Thanks thetestingsite - i will be reading the page for some time :)

Ok I have completely lost it ! - i can not understand... can anyone here please give me begginer to advanced explanation here ?

Thanks :)

Basically, you can use $_SESSION just like any other array, so long as you session_start() on each page before sending any data.

Please remember i am a stupid begginer and need more than that :)

That was the short answer. The long answer is the link that thetestingsite posted :)

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session_start(); 


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Starts the session.

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session_destroy(); 


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Closes the session

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$_SESSION['name'] = 'value'; 


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Writes "value" into "name"

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$data = $_SESSION['name']; 


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Retrieves the value of "name"

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session_regenerate_id(); 


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Changes the session ID

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session_id(); 


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Gets the session ID

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unset($_SESSION['name']); 


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Deletes the value of 'name'

Thanks for your posts :), may i have an example ?

Pleeeeeeeease :)

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Originally Posted by blastingpcbrains

Pleeeeeeeease :)

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I can see why you have 298 posts :rolleyes:

Here's one example:

index.php

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<?php

session_start(); //Starts the session
$_SESSION['hello'] = 'Hello! This is "saved" session data. :)';
//Writes the value of "hello" to the session file.

?>

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somepage.php

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<?php
session_start(); //Starts the session
echo $_SESSION['hello']; //Writes the data of 'hello'
?>

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:)