Session variables

Will they transfer?

[wkpride]

Easy question tonight -

If I declare a session variable on a page and then redirect user to another page (header('Location:http://...)

Do you have to declare the variable again - or does it carry over to the next page?

Thanks,

KP

[eelixduppy]

If you start the session on the redirected page it should carry over.

[GenSwat]

well I know $foo= regular vars are restricted to page only...
for as a session var i'm unsure

[ag_47]

Isn't that the whole point of sessions...

[wkpride]

Very good.
They do work, when you open a new window. I guess I didn't really know the definition of session.
A session is... until the browser is closed.

Thanks!

KP

[blang]

Everything you ever wanted to know about sessions is in the PHP manual [us2.php.net]. And yes, that's the point of a session, to maintain an active state in a stateless realm (i.e. HTTP). Just remember, every page that needs to access the session data must have a call to session_start() [php.net] at the top of each script!