Bring variable to second page

Question

I need to bring a PHP variable to another page, how can I do this?

The question is how do I do this.

My problem is I don't know how to do this.

check this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/871858/php-pass-variable-to-next-page — meWantToLearn, Mar 09 '14 at 02:47

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '14 at 02:47

5

You want to use a PHP session variable.

To store it:

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['variableName']=1;
?>

To retrieve it:

<?php
session_start();
echo "value=". $_SESSION['variableName'];
?>

answered Mar 09 '14 at 02:47

Scott

4

Your second body of code will fail because of missing `session_start();` – Funk Forty Niner Mar 09 '14 at 02:51
Oops, thanks! Edited my answer. I usually have my session logic in a common file stored on all pages, that way I can manage my session data in one place. – Scott Mar 09 '14 at 02:53
Try outputting the $_SESSION variable to see what's wrong, like so: `var_dump($_SESSION);` – Scott Mar 09 '14 at 03:18
I got it working, but I have another question now. I will post a link to that question here if you want. – user3371397 Mar 09 '14 at 03:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '14 at 02:53

0

as Scott said you can use sessions,
if you are talking about data from website forms -> then through _POST and _GET parameters ( easy reading -> http://www.w3schools.com/Php/php_forms.asp )
you are in file 1.php , and you need a variable from file 2.php ( variable name $myvar ), "include '2.php';" or "require '2.php';" , now after you have done that you can use your variable

answered Mar 09 '14 at 02:53

Ţîgan Ion

1

i find it ironic that they're teching PHP from an ASP.NET site – user3371397 Mar 09 '14 at 03:02
you have to know the enemy better than yourself :) – Ţîgan Ion Mar 09 '14 at 14:09

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