php session not saving after $_post

Question

Hi

I am experiencing issues with session where if i put the following code on a page the counter will increment by one every time i reload the page.

session_start();  
if(isset($_SESSION['views']))
    $_SESSION['views'] = $_SESSION['views']+ 1;
else
    $_SESSION['views'] = 1; 

if i put the above code in an if statement where it only runs when you hit a button and display the number in the session the session is always empty.

Could there be a php.ini issue?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Your session could not be initiated. Check for tmp directory if server can write (many session issues are related with full disk!)

Answer 2

Also check php.ini to make sure session.auto_start=1 and for the code...

//debug your session   

echo"<!--".session_id()."-->";

//update the views

array_key_exists('views',$_SESSION)?$_SESSION['views']++:$_SESSION['views']=1;

Answer 3

session_start();  

if(isset($_SESSION['views']))
    $_SESSION['views']++;
else
    $_SESSION['views'] = 1;