Help with setting session variables in an ajax function

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sandy.wilkins.cr
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Help with setting session variables in an ajax function

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Hello everyone!

I have an html file that uses ajax (javascript) for login validation. This internally calls login.php which checks the database to see if the username and password are correct.

What I'm doing is that login.php returns a 1 if the login is ok and 0 if its not.

The javascript file reads this and if its a 1, redirects the user to the welcome page:
window.location="./welcome.php?";

If the login data is correct, I want to set some session variables in that file, which I want to be able to read in the welcome page. session_start(), which I call in login.php seems to work ok, but I cannot set the session variables there.

Any ideas? I can post code if needed.

Thanks
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Re: Help with setting session variables in an ajax function

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What error are you getting?
sandy.wilkins.cr
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Re: Help with setting session variables in an ajax function

Post by sandy.wilkins.cr »

I found my mistake... I was missing session_start(); in the welcome.php file. I only had it in login.php :oops:
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Re: Help with setting session variables in an ajax function

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hahaha :D
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