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Asked: 2026-05-18T19:39:47+00:00

I’m trying to store information on a form by using sessions in case the

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I’m trying to store information on a form by using sessions in case the validation returns false, then the user doesn’t have to refill the form. This how I’m doing this:

PAGE A:

<?
session_start();

$Fname = $_SESSION['FirstName'];
?>
<html>
<input type="text" id="First" value="<? if($Fname){echo $Fname;}?>">
</html>

PAGE B:

<?
$Fname = $_POST['First'];

session_start();

$_SESSION['FirstName'] = $Fname;

//validation is not good then
header('Location: PageA.php');
?>

The issue is that when sent back to page A, nothing is showing up in the inputs, but randomly it will show up or, I’ll refresh and it might show up. For most part its just not working and what I don’t understand it kind of just started happening when I made a modification of removing one of the session vars and replacing it with a cookie because of other reasons, but decided not to go that route. Still I don’t see what I could have done to start causing this issue. Any ideas? I’m thinking its something with the php.ini file because i have a separate form with the same setup and I never touched it, and now its not working when it was the last time i checked.

UPDATE

I just tried the form, I submitted it incorrectly on purpose to trigger the validation and it sent me back with blank inputs as I already mentioned. I clicked on another page and then came back to the form and the inputs appeared. It seems as if its storing but just not being read immediately? Don’t know if this helps.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You do not need SESSION at all …

    PAGE A:

    <?
  $Fname = isset($_POST['First']) ? $_POST['FirstName'] : '';
?>
<html>
  <form method='post' action='PageB.php'>
    <input type="text" id="First" value="<? if($Fname){echo $Fname;}?>"/>
  </form>
</html>

    PAGE B:

    <?
//validation is not good then
include 'PageA.php';
exit;
?>
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