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Re: Counter reset or not? [message #182491 is a reply to message #182485]

Thu, 08 August 2013 16:19

bill
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On 2013-08-08 12:06 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 8/7/13 7:38 PM, Twayne wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm confused; this code isn't working and I don't know why; perhaps you
>> can tell me or at least point me in the right direction:
>>
>> <code>
>> if($_SESSION["cntr"] > "0") {
>> echo "Count is now : " . $_SESSION["cntr"]." ";
>> }
>> ELSE {
>> $_SESSION['cntr']="0";
>> $cntr=$_SESSION['cntr'];
>> echo "Counter : " . $cntr."<br />";
>> }
>> </code>
>>
>> OK: This code is on the first of 3 PHP form pages. The ELSE works fine.
>> If the count is zero, the initial count of "0" is echoed properly.
>>
>> But if the code is 1 or greater, set on one of the two succeeding pages,
>> it still runs the ELSE code and insists on returning the value of "0".
>>
>> I'm not using session_destroy, nor an I using die(), exit() or anything
>> else that should bother the SESSION var.
>> 2. If the counter advances to 1 or more, however, when I send the user
>> back to the first page (where the above code resides), it still prints
>> the ELSE portion of the code, NOT what the SESSION var has been set to
>> (1 or greater).
>>
>> I'm confused!! What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Twayne`
>> O
>
> Have you called session_start() (or set session.auto_start) ?
>

Yes; session_start(). set session.auto_start I wasn't aware of though;
something else to check out.

Thanks much,

Twayne

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		Re: Counter reset or not? By: Richard Damon on Thu, 08 August 2013 04:06
		Re: Counter reset or not? By: bill on Thu, 08 August 2013 16:15
		Re: Counter reset or not? By: Richard Yates on Sat, 10 August 2013 12:49
		Re: Counter reset or not? By: bill on Thu, 08 August 2013 16:19
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