Storing Form Data as a Session Variable PHP

Question

I reviewed Storing Form Data as a Session Variable but can't quite get it working for me and I have nearly the same code. Any suggestions are appreciated!

<?php
session_start();    
?>  

    <form action="checkout.php" method="post">
    <div>
        Customer ID: <input type="text" name="customer_id" />
    </div>
    <input type="submit" name="checkout" value="Checkout" />
    </form>
    ';

<?php 
    if (isset($_POST['checkout'])) { 
       $_SESSION['customer_id'] = $_POST['customer_id'];
    } 
?>

The code above doesn't work, but the below does. I am typing the same number in the text box.

<?php
    $_SESSION['customer_id'] = 1024;
?>

variable names are case sensitive too ya know, and `$_session` is no exception — Kevin, Oct 19 '20 at 04:04
you should Uppercase the session $_SESSION because it is global — Jerson, Oct 19 '20 at 04:17
Apologies for the confusion, but it doesn't work in all caps either. I've tested it that way as well. — g1ng3r_girl, Oct 19 '20 at 17:42

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 19 '20 at 04:55

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https://www.php.net/manual/ru/language.variables.superglobals.php use $_SESSION not $_session pay attention to the case, global variables are written in upper case.

answered Oct 19 '20 at 04:55

Vitaly Litvinov

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Apologies for the confusion, but it doesn't work in all caps either. I've tested it that way as well. – g1ng3r_girl Oct 19 '20 at 17:39

Storing Form Data as a Session Variable PHP

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