How can i start a session in PHP which will be global to all my pages. I don't have access to the php.ini file. So session.auto_start = 0 in my php.ini will not be a solution for me.
Thanks.
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$_SESSION is a global.
Start it off by calling session_start() before any output.
alex
2010-08-06 23:36:59
Thanks For the Answers, but my problem is, when i start the session on my first page, i cant access the session values on the other pages. To be more specific when i debug using eclipse, i can see the session started in the first page and it gets resetted to empty when i use header(..); on my page to forward to other pages. I dont why it is resetted, when i am not calling session_destroy();
tsegay
2010-08-06 23:59:36
@tsegay You should put you session_start() on all pages where you intend to use sessions.
Centurion
2010-08-07 07:23:55
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session_start();
Place this at the top of your pages and it will start a session. You can access it and set its variables with $_SESSION['somevalue']. Also you can name the session using session_name("some name");
Chris
2010-08-06 23:38:06
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If you want all pages to automagically have a session_start(), without actually writing the code, you're pretty much stuck with ini-settings. It is very well possible that although you cannot alter php.ini in a shared environment (proper hosters do offer a custom ini IMO), that you can just add the php_flag session.autostart = 1 to an .htaccess file in the root.
Wrikken
2010-08-06 23:46:52
Thanks For the Answers, but my problem is, when i start the session on my first page, i cant access the session values on the other pages. To be more specific when i debug using eclipse, i can see the session started in the first page and it gets resetted to empty when i use header(..); on my page to forward to other pages.I dont why it is resetted, when i am not calling session_destroy();
tsegay
2010-08-06 23:56:33
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Nothing bad in starting a session with session_start() - everyone doing that.
Don't you have some config file already, which being included into every script on the site? If yes - why not to put session_start there? If not - you have to think of having one.
Col. Shrapnel
2010-08-07 06:46:53