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set session variable without FORM, retain variable after refresh independent of whats in the address bar

Asked by mattpiercey in PHP Scripting Language, Web Languages/Standards, MySQL

Tags: php, Firefox 2.0

If in your browser address bar you take away everything after the question mark and press enter, the page will refresh without the session variable set. The problem is that the session variable is dependent on what is in the address bar.

Example:
www.mypage.com/lets_change_session_variable.php?does_php_work=no

will correctly set the session varaible, but when you delete everything after the question mark and press enter, the page will refresh without the session variable set.

Was hoping to not have to use a form to set a session variable, here is the code I have, yet the variable seems to not get set. Must I use a form? Is there any way to avoid using a form to set a session variable in php?Start Free Trial

         
           
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             <?php
session_start();
; ?>
<html><body><?php
//SNIPPET 1
//this file is called lets_change_session_variable.php
 
$does_php_work = $_GET['does_php_work'];
 
if ($does_php_work == "yes") {
                $_SESSION['does_php_work']                      = "yes";
                echo "yes, it works";
                echo "<a href='lets_change_session_variable.php?does_php_work=no'>click to change variable to no</a>";
}
else
{
                $_SESSION['does_php_work']                      = "no";
                echo "no, it does not work";
                echo "<a href='lets_change_session_variable.php?does_php_work=yes'>click to change variable to yes</a>";
}
; ?>
           
         

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set session variable without FORM, retain variable after refresh independent of whats in the address bar

Asked by mattpiercey in PHP Scripting Language, Web Languages/Standards, MySQL

Tags: php, Firefox 2.0

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