Session Help

humbleprogrammer · Jul 23, 2003

Hi,

I am not very familiar with PHP and am hoping someone can help me with sessions.

I am trying to store a querystring value in a session and if the value doesn't equal something, I want it to route the user back to the main page. If it does equal the specified value, I want it to stay on the same page and display the HTML. Currently the page isn't doing anything, it just shows up blank. Below is my code. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance!

<?php
session_start();
if(!session_is_registered("clientaccess&quot

)
{
session_register("clientaccess&quot

;
}
?>
<?php
$qryclientaccess = $_GET['clientaccess'];
if ($qryclientaccess) != ""
{
$clientaccess = $qryclientaccess;
}

if($clientaccess != "test&quot

{
header("location:../index.php&quot

}
?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Test User Page</title>
</head>
<body>
 
This is a test client
page...
</body>
</html>

sleipnir214 · Jul 23, 2003

Except for the two typos your posted code has, I can't find any problems.

If I run the script (after fixing the two errors) as "

http://.../test.php",

the script correctly tries to redirect me to index.php.

If I run the script as "

http://.../test.php?clientaccess=test",

then I correctly see "client test page".

After that, since the session variable is set, I get "client test page" whether the "?clientaccess=test" is present or not.

This is all correct behavior according to your code.

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humbleprogrammer · Jul 23, 2003

Thanks for your reply. I thought I had found the typos and corrected them but the same blank page is displaying. The way you have the script working is exactly how I need it to work. Below is my code with the typos I fixed. Can you please point out any other typos that I may have missed?

Thanks!

<?php
session_start();
if(!session_is_registered("clientaccess&quot

)
{
session_register("clientaccess&quot

;
}
?>
<?php
$qryclientaccess = $_GET['clientaccess'];
if ($qryclientaccess) != ""
{
$clientaccess = $qryclientaccess;
}

if($clientaccess) != "test"
{
header("location:../index.php&quot

;
}
?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Test User Page</title>
</head>
<body>
 
This is a test client
page...
</body>
</html>

sleipnir214 · Jul 23, 2003

I'm wondering if your PHP configuration settings are preventing either the script from running or preventing error messages from being produced.

What are your settings for register_globals and for error_reporting?

If register_globals is set to "off", then session_register() will not work. For security reasons you should leave it set to "off", and instead of using session_register(), manipulate the $_SESSION superglobal array directly.

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vbkris · Jul 24, 2003

and try a viewsource of ur page... if u can see the <?php and ?> php tags then check ur server configuration...

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