sessions

[doddsey_65]

i have an upload form and a posting form on the same page.

when you upload a file it is uploaded to the server. what i am then trying to do is add the name of the file to $_SESSION['attachment'] so i can use it later. When the user posts their form i want the session to be inserted into the database but the session always comes up empty.

 

this is what happens when they upload their file

Setting the session and moving the file:

session_start();
$_SESSION['attachment'] = "EXAMPLE";
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'], "../attachments/" . time() . $_FILES['Filedata']['name']);

 

and then when they submit their form(textarea) it uploads the contents to the database and the contents of the session aswell.

 

Why is this session always empty?

[dragon_sa]

$_SESSION['attachment'] = basename( $_FILES['Filedata']['name']);

 

this should give you the filename in the session

 

then you can just

echo $_SESSION['attachment'];

or what ever you need

[doddsey_65]

i know how to get the actual filename into the session i just used "example" as an example. but either way it doesnt write the session.

[dragon_sa]

have you got session_start(); at the top of every page using the session variables?, I can see on this bit of code you have but that doesnt show us much of how you are writing it anywhere else

what happens if you echo the session on the page you create it on after the move upload file bit?