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#1 2008-06-23 18:25:39

alexvorn2

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Registered: 2008-06-23

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how could i set & read a session ID

how could i set & read a session ID?
any help?

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#2 2008-06-23 20:59:02

uli

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From: Cologne

Registered: 2006-08-15

Posts: 4,306

Re: how could i set & read a session ID

From the help pane of smd_vars:

• Store site visitor preferences. Using mem_self_register, users can create accounts for themselves so that on “admin-like” pages you can store and retrieve per-visitor prefs.

These two should be a good starting point. You can look for some more info in an almost synchronously started thread and maybe share info.

BTW, you don’t spread your own blog in your sig ;)

Last edited by uli (2008-06-23 21:01:23)

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#3 2008-06-23 21:08:53

Bloke

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From: Leeds, UK

Registered: 2006-01-29

Posts: 11,451

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Re: how could i set & read a session ID

Hehe, don’t listen to me on my other threads, I talk rubbish :-)

I’ve done it before using the usual PHP session handling code, namely just make a form that’s called fairly early on in your page template. That form can contain:

<txp:php>
  session_start();
</txp:php>

and you’re away. There should be nothing stopping you using the $_SESSION variable from then on inside <txp:php> tags. Failing that, this works for sure if you don’t mind an external file hanging around:

<txp:php>
  global $pretext;
  include_once $pretext['path_to_site'] . "/some_dir/session.php";
</txp:php>

And then collect together your session handling routines in session.php, which you can refer to in your forms/pages. Does that get you started?

Last edited by Bloke (2008-06-23 21:11:32)

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