Question

I want to get user input in one page, store that in a php variable and use it in another php page. I have tried using ‘sessions’ but it doesn’t seem to be working. Is there another safe alternative? This information is likely to be usernames and passwords.

Answer 1

Try changing your session code as this is the best way to do this.

For example:

index.php

<?php session_start();  if (isset($_POST['username'], $_POST['password']) {     $_SESSION['username'] = $_POST['username'];     $_SESSION['password'] = $_POST['password'];     echo '<a href='nextpage.php'>Click to continue.</a>'; } else {     // form } ?> 

nextpage.php

<?php session_start();  if (isset($_SESSION['username'])) {     echo $_SESSION['username']; } else {     header('Location: index.php'); } ?> 

However I’d probably store something safer like a userid in a session rather than the user’s login credentials.