Posted by Peter Pei on 01/14/08 04:18

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Kurda Yon wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> As you have recommended I did not use the session_register(). In one
>> file I have executed such line:
>> $_session['ex'] = 2.0;
>>
>> Then, in another file, I have executed the following line:
>> $ex = 3.0.
>>
>> And than I have noticed that the previous assignment is seen
>> everywhere (on other pages). So, as far as I understood, after the
>> usage of $_session['ex'] = 2.0, the $ex variable becomes a session
>> variable. Moreover, $ex and
>> $_session['ex'] variables are the same variable! In other words, I
>> have to call $_session['ex'] just the first time. After I did it once
>> I can use just $ex (instead of $_session['ex']). Is that true?
>>
>
> No. $_SESSION['ex'] (NOT $_session['ex'] - case IS important!) just sets
> the value in the array. Nothing more, nothing less.
>
> $ex is a completely different variable, completely unrelated to the value
> in the $_SESSION array.
>
> It's no different than having $abc and my_array['abc']. Two entirely
> different variables.
>
>
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