To use session variables, it’s necessary to start the session by using the session_start function, this will allow you to store your data in the global variable $_SESSION in a productive way.
so your code will finally look like this :
<strong>Test Form</strong>
<form action="" method"post">
<input type="text" name="picturenum"/>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit!" />
</form>
<?php
// starting the session
session_start();
if (isset($_POST['Submit'])) {
$_SESSION['picturenum'] = $_POST['picturenum'];
}
?>
<strong><?php echo $_SESSION['picturenum'];?></strong>
to make it easy to use and to avoid forgetting it again, you can create a session_file.php which you will want to be included in all your codes and will start the session for you:
session_start.php
<?php
session_start();
?>
and then include it wherever you like :
<strong>Test Form</strong>
<form action="" method"post">
<input type="text" name="picturenum"/>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit!" />
</form>
<?php
// including the session file
require_once("session_start.php");
if (isset($_POST['Submit'])) {
$_SESSION['picturenum'] = $_POST['picturenum'];
}
?>
that way it is more portable and easy to maintain in the future.
other remarks
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if you are using Apache version 2 or newer, be careful. instead of
<?
to open php’s tags, use
<?php, otherwise your code will not be interpreted -
variables names in php are case-sensitive, instead of write $_session, write $_SESSION in capital letters
good work!