Posted by Tom on 12/21/05 21:24

I put together a code that checks for 2 post variables then stores them
in a multi-dim $_SESSION array, something like this:

If ( isset($_POST['value_a'] && isset($_POST['value_b']) )
{
$_SESSION['value']['a'] = $_POST['value_a'];
$_SESSION['value']['b'] = $_POST['value_b'];
}

The problem was that $_SESSION['value']['b'] was being overwritten with
the value for 'a' so that both $_SESSION['value'] vars ended up being
the same (i.e. $_POST['value_b']. I thoroughly tested it to confirm
that this was what happening.

I solved the problem by changing the $_SESSION vars to
$_SESSION['value_a'] and $_SESSION['value_b'].

This was PHP 5, the WAMP package -- I know it's not the latest update
of PHP 5.

My question: is this a bug (perhaps since fixed) or is there a reason
this would be expected behavior?

Thanks,

Tom
http://phosphorusandlime.blogspot.com/

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