Level 122
why use php session with Laravel helpers? your code makes no sense?
Mar 31, 2024
5
Level 1
Sessions help
I'm having a hard time trying to work with sessions. Why are my sessions being reset here?
I want to be able to change the session variables between pages and for them to stay constant but they reset every time i click the link. I have two pages, session1.php and session2.php.
Once the session is created, my IF session_status should prevent the reassignment of the randomNumber, or am I wrong?
My code:
<?php
if (session_status() === PHP_SESSION_NONE) {
session_start();
$_SESSION["randomNumber"] = random_int(1, 100);
session_write_close();
}
echo "<a href='session2.php'>Link to Session2</a><br>";
echo "this is session1.php";
echo '<br>';
echo $_SESSION["randomNumber"];
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<?php
if (session_status() === PHP_SESSION_NONE) {
session_start();
$_SESSION["randomNumber"] = random_int(1, 100);
session_write_close();
}
echo "<a href='session1.php'>Link to Session1</a><br>";
echo "this is session2.php";
echo '<br>';
echo $_SESSION["randomNumber"];
Level 1
@Snapey I don’t know what a laravel helper is. I’m just learning php.
My expectation is that the random number won’t be reset each time I change pages because the session is active. Is this not the case?
Level 29
Use isset to check if $_SESSION['randomNumber'] exists
if (!isset($_SESSION["randomNumber"])) {
$_SESSION["randomNumber"] = random_int(1, 100);
}
Once you start using the Laravel framework you can use the Laravel session helper https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/session
Level 1
@gych thank you, I guess it’s wrong to assume that checking the status is enough to only load it once?
Level 29
Checking the session status is good but you then also have to check if the session already contains the randomNumber otherwise it will get changed
if (session_status() === PHP_SESSION_NONE) {
session_start();
if (!isset($_SESSION["randomNumber"])) {
$_SESSION["randomNumber"] = random_int(1, 100);
}
session_write_close();
}
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