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Notes 10.4.2 Working with Session Variables
If you are using a pre-4.1.x version of PHP, the $_SESSION superglobal is not present, and
session functionality is much different.
Example: 2: Add two variables into the $_SESSION superglobal: product1 and
product2 (lines 10 and 11).
Storing Variables in a Session
1: <?php
2: session_start();
3: ?>
4: <html>
5: <head>
6: <title>Listing 10.2 Storing variables in a session</ title>
7: </head>
8: <body>
9: <?php
10: $_SESSION[product1] = “Sonic Screwdriver”;
11: $_SESSION[product2] = “HAL 2000”;
12: echo “The products have been registered.”;
13: ?>
14: </body>
15: </html>
Creates a separate PHP script that accesses the variables stored in the $_SESSION superglobal
in example2.
Example: 3: Accessing Stored Session Variables
1: <?php
2: session_start();
3: ?>
4: <html>
5: <head>
6: <title>Listing 10.3 Accessing stored session
variables</title>
7: </head>
8: <body>
9: <?php
10: echo “Your chosen products are:”;
11: echo “<ul><li>$_SESSION[product1] <li>$_SESSION
[product2]\n</ul>\n”;
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