Storing Form Data as a Session Variable

Question

So I was wondering if it would be possible to store data coming in from a form as a session variable.

Heres what I have so far, but I don\'t know what to put for th

Answer 1

To use session variables it's necessary to start the session by using the session_start function, this will allowed you to store your data in the global variable $_SESSION in a persistent way.

so your code will finally looks like this :

Test Form





 

to make it easy to use and to avoid forgetting it again, you can create a session_file.php which will be include in all your codes and will start the session for you

session_start.php

and then include it wherever you like :

Test Form





 

that's is the more portable and easy way to maintain in the future.

other remarks

• if you are using Apache version 2 or more, be carefull instead of
  
to open php's tags, use , otherwise your code will not be interpreted

• variables names in php are case-sensitives instead of write $_session, write $_SESSION in capital letters

good work !