Posted by Syl on 06/30/06 14:31

Tony Marston wrote:
> "Syl" <david.hunter@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1151631588.219436.322850@d56g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > CjB wrote:
> >> Hello, I am trying to do the following in one of my pages.
> >> session_id($_GET['SESSIONID']);
> >> session_start();
> >>
> >> I am running php5, however as soon as I call session_start the script
> >> hangs and nothing happens. Is anyone else experiencing this problem, or
> >> am I doing something incorrectly?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >
> > session_start(); must always be listed at the top of every page.
> > like this :
> >
> > <?php
> > session_start();
> >
>
> That is not necessarily true. It does NOT have to be the very first
> statement in the script, but BEFORE you want to start using the $_SESSION
> array.
>
> You need to check that you have a value in $_GET['SESSIONID'] before you use
> it. Try this:
>
> if (isset($_GET['SESSIONID'])) {
> session_id($_GET['SESSIONID']);
> } // if
> session_start();
>
> --
> Tony Marston
> http://www.tonymarston.net
> http://www.radicore.org


Of course - you are absolutely correct Tony.

Thanks for clarifying my post.

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