Posted by jj on 10/13/59 11:34

i tried with it and without it , it still doesnt work.

"vdP" <hvdploeg_NO_SPAM@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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> jj wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a script that starts a session and registers a session variable
as
> > follows:
> >
> > ====================
> > [login.php]
> > ====================
> > session_start();
> > $_SESSION["userclass"]="admins";
> > require('includes/application_top.php');
> > ======================
> >
> > in the second file i simply check if the variable has been set or not:
> >
> > ======================
> > [application_top.php]
> > ====================
> > if(!isset($_SESSION["userclass"]))
> > {
> > header("Location:login.php");
> > exit;
> > }
> > ======================
> >
> >
> > The problem is that no matter what my isset check always FAILS.
Therefore
> > always redirecting to the login.php page...Why is this? I checked the
value
> > of the "userclass" session variable and it has a value in it , but when
i do
> > my isset check (or any other check for that value) it always returns
false
> > therefore rendering the if statement which is not what i want.
> >
> > The other thing is if i take the snippet of code from the
application_top
> > file and put it together in just one file (in the login.php) it works
> > perfectly fine. so the fact that i split the code into 2 seprete files
> > seems to make the problem.. any advise appricated!
> >
>
> Do you use session_start() in the second script ?
>
> vdP

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