Passing session variables from an included session

Question

I have a page, index.php, which includes another page, session.php. In session.php, I would like a session to start, and to set a session variable.

Upon running index.php, I would like the session variable set in session.php to be displayed.

I expected my code to work, but I have found that it does not.

index.php:

<?php

include "path/to/session.php";

echo $_SESSION['var'];

?>

session.php:

<?php

session_start();

$_SESSION['var'] = "yes";


?>

I expected the output to be yes, and instead return no output.

EDIT:

I have tried this on Firefox and Chrome, to no discernible difference.

Upon inserting error handling as suggested below, it has not printed any errors.

Putting an echo "hi"; on session.php will output hi on index.php, so there's no obvious issue with the include or the pathing.

If I run session.php, having it echo the session_id(), the output will be the same each time I refresh the page; if I have the index.php echo the session_id(), it will not produce an output, and the output sent from session.php will be different each time I refresh the page, and does not appear to be reflective of session.php's session_id() when run from that page.

That should work -- have you confirmed that your sessions is actually getting set correctly? — Obsidian Age, Jun 04 '19 at 22:18
They appear to print two different session_id() outputs, if that's what you're asking. How do I correct this? — cssstyleless, Jun 04 '19 at 22:24
Turn on error reporting - https://stackoverflow.com/a/21429652/296555. See any errors or warnings? — waterloomatt, Jun 04 '19 at 22:46
@cssstyleless, which editor do you use? Is it BOM free or not? — user1597430, Jun 05 '19 at 00:56
I am using Notepad++, encoding with UTF-8, which I am given to understand is the BOM-free option — cssstyleless, Jun 05 '19 at 18:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '21 at 03:53

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You have to include session_start() at the top of the index.php file

<?php
session_start();
include "path/to/session.php";

echo $_SESSION['var'];

?>

answered Feb 18 '21 at 03:53

shashank shekhar singh

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