Php Session_Start

[an0n]

Since you have session_start(); at the top of your property.php file...Do me a favor.

In your property.php file echo out your values. in the property.php file.

Add these right below your session_start();

echo $_SESSION['TYPE'] . '<br />';
echo $_SESSION['DURATION'] . '<br />';
echo $_SESSION['AREA'] . '<br />';
echo $_SESSION['REGION'] . '<br />';
echo $_SESSION['BEDROOMS'] . '<br />';

Save the file.

Then from your search.php file, make your selections.
Then click on the 'view apartment'

When you click on it, it will obviously lead you to the property.php and you should see the values you have for each session variable echoed out.

[sstoney200]

Originally Posted by an0n

Since you have session_start(); at the top of your property.php file...Do me a favor.

In your property.php file echo out your values. in the property.php file.

Add these right below your session_start();

echo $_SESSION['TYPE'] . '<br />';
echo $_SESSION['DURATION'] . '<br />';
echo $_SESSION['AREA'] . '<br />';
echo $_SESSION['REGION'] . '<br />';
echo $_SESSION['BEDROOMS'] . '<br />';

Save the file.

Then from your search.php file, make your selections.
Then click on the 'view apartment'

When you click on it, it will obviously lead you to the property.php and you should see the values you have for each session variable echoed out.

It's don't appear to be echoing anything out. I just have 5 <br />'s at the top of my page?

[an0n]

Then your session variables are not being initially set properly!

Add that same exact code to the search.php file right after the session_start
Then tell me if you see the correct values

[an0n]

Originally Posted by sstoney200

Thanks for your continued assistance dude!

Well spotted, it's now holding the values on search.php and I've edited the property.php like so:

PHP Code:

<form action="http://www.for-rent-nerja.com/search.php" method="get" name="search" id="search"  style="background-color:#fcf5f8">
      <span class="t_color3"><u><b>Property Search</b></u></span><br />
      <br />
      Property Ref:<br />
      <input type="text" size="15" id="REF" name="REF" /><br />
      Property Type:<br />
      <select id="TYPE" name="TYPE" style="width: 120px">
        <option value=""<?php echo ('$TYPE' == '') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Any</option>
        <option value="apartment"<?php echo ('$TYPE' == 'Apartment') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Apartment</option>
        <option value="villa"<?php echo ('$TYPE' == 'Villa') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Villa</option>
        <option value="townhouse"<?php echo ('$TYPE' == 'Townhouse') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Townhouse</option>
        
      </select>
      <br />
      Duration:<br />
      <select  id="DURATION" name="DURATION" style="width: 120px">
        <option value="holiday"<?php echo ('$DURATION' == 'holiday') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Holiday</option>
        <option value="long term"<?php echo ('$DURATION' == 'long term') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Long Term</option>
        <option value="sale"<?php echo ('$DURATION' == 'sale') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Sale</option>
      </select>
      <br />
      Town:<br />
      <select id="AREA" name="AREA" style="width: 120px" onchange="onRegionChange()">
        <option value="Nerja"<?php echo ('$AREA' == 'Nerja') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Nerja</option>
        <option value="Torrox"<?php echo ('$AREA' == 'Torrox') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Torrox</option>
        <option value="Frigiliana"<?php echo ('$AREA' == 'Frigiliana') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Frigiliana</option>
        <option value="Maro"<?php echo ('$AREA' == 'Maro') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Maro</option>
      </select>
      <div id="allForms">Area:<br />
        <select id="REGION" name="REGION" style="width: 120px">
            <option value=""<?php echo ('$REGION' == '') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Any</option>
            <option value="Central"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Central') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Central</option>
            <option value="Burriana"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Burriana') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Burriana</option>
            <option value="Capistrano"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Capistrano') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Capistrano</option>
            <option value="Torrecilla"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Torrecilla') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Torrecilla</option>
            <option value="Punta Lara"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Punta Lara') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Punta Lara</option>
            <option value="Parador"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Parador') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Parador</option>
            <option value="Carabeo"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Carabeo') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Carabeo</option>
            <option value="Las Minas"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Las Minas') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Las Minas</option>
            <option value="La Noria"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'La Noria') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>La Noria</option>
            <option value="Tamango Hill"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Tamango Hill') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Tamango Hill</option>
            <option value="Countryside"<?php echo ('$REGION' == 'Countryside') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Countryside</option>
        </select>
    </div> 
      Bedrooms:<br />
      <select id="BEDROOMS" name="BEDROOMS" style="width: 120px">
        <option value="1 bedroom"<?php echo ('$BEDROOMS' == '1 bedroom') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>1</option>
        <option value="2 bedroom"<?php echo ('$BEDROOMS' == '2 bedroom') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>2</option>
        <option value="3 bedroom"<?php echo ('$BEDROOMS' == '3 bedroom') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>3</option>
        <option value="4 bedroom"<?php echo ('$BEDROOMS' == '4 bedroom') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>4</option>
        <option value="5 bedroom"<?php echo ('$BEDROOMS' == '5 bedroom') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>5+</option>
      </select>
      <br />
      <br />
      <input name="submit" type="submit" class="text1" value=
"Submit" />
      <input type="reset" name="Clear" value="Reset" class=
"text1" />
    </form>

but it's still not sticking through!

One other thing looking into your code as well is your value vs what you are looking for

e.g.

<option value="apartment"<?php echo ($TYPE == 'Apartment') ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>>Apartment</option>


the value you are giving this is all lowercase 'apartment'
when you are comparing the $TYPE from the session variable to the text you are after you have 'Apartment'

apartment != Apartment



So you will not have a match at all, and since it will be eventually set to some value, it wont be equal to '' either.

[ScriptMan]

There might also be a session_destroy or unset somewhere in the code. You have to follow the complete flow of the scripts in order to figure all this out.

[sstoney200]

Hey guys, just a quick update.

I contacted my host and they edited my php settings and now I am able to hold values!

The only field I am not currently able to hold is the area.

I don't know if this is because they are defined by javascript like so:

<script type="text/javascript">

var slData = new Array(
	new Array("Any", "", "Central", "Central", "Burriana", "Burriana", "Capistrano", "Capistrano", "Torrecilla", "Torrecilla", "Punta Lara", "Punta Lara", "Parador", "Parador", "Carabeo", "Carabeo", "Las Minas", "Las Minas", "La Noria", "La Noria", "Tamango Hill", "Tamango Hill", "Countryside", "Countryside"),
	new Array("Any", "", "Beach Front", "Beach Front", "Beach Club", "Beach Club", "Torrox Park", "Torrox Park", "Village", "Village", "Peñoncillo", "Penoncillo", "Countryside", "Countryside", "Frigiliana Road", "Frigi Road",  "El Morche", "El Morche"),
	new Array("Any", "", "Village", "Village", "La Molineta", "La Molineta", "Los Caracoles", "Caracoles", "San Rafael", "San Rafael", "Los Tablazos", "Los Tablazos", "Pinomar", "Pinomar", "Countryside", "Countryside"),
	new Array("Any", "", "Beach Front", "Beach Front")
);

function appendOptionLast(selId, oText, oValue)
{
  	var elOptNew = document.createElement('option');
  	elOptNew.text = oText;
  	elOptNew.value = oValue;
  	var elSel = document.getElementById(selId);

  	try {
    	elSel.add(elOptNew, null); // standards compliant; doesn't work in IE
	}
	catch(ex) {
		elSel.add(elOptNew); // IE only
	}
	return;
}

function onRegionChange()
{
	document.getElementById("REGION").options.length = 0;
	
	for(var a = 0; a != slData[document.getElementById("AREA").selectedIndex].length; a = a + 2)
	{
		appendOptionLast("REGION", slData[document.getElementById("AREA").selectedIndex][a], slData[document.getElementById("AREA").selectedIndex][a + 1]);
	}

	return;
}

</script>

It is holding the values for the areas of the first town array: Nerja

But for the other town arrays: Torrox, Frigiliana and Maro, the regions aren't sticking, it's resetting the values back to all.

I managed to hold the value of the areas on to my search page using this crazy code:

<script type="text/javascript">
function gup( varname ) 
    varname = varname.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
    var regexS = "[\\?&]"+varname+"=([^&#]*)";
    var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
    var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
    if( results == null ) return ""; else return results[1].replace("+"," ");
}
 
 
var selRegionArray = new Array("Nerja", "Torrox", "Frigiliana", "Maro");
var selRegionOpt = gup("AREA");
 
for(var b = 0; b != document.getElementById("AREA").length; b++)
{
	if(document.getElementById("AREA").item(b).value == selRegionOpt)
	{
		document.getElementById("AREA").selectedIndex = b;
		break;
	}
}
 
onRegionChange();
 
var selAreaOpt = gup("REGION");
 
for(b = 0; b != document.getElementById("REGION").length; b++)
{
	if(document.getElementById("REGION").item(b).value == selAreaOpt)
	{
		document.getElementById("REGION").selectedIndex = b;
		break;
	}
}
</script>

but that's not holding the area values over to the property.php page..

So it's not perfect but it's still pretty darn good!

May I just take this opportunity to thanks all of you that have helped me out on this thread, you've all been excellent!

[shanebob]

A SESSION variable is the nice way to track the user perspective information. Using it you can identify whether user is logged in or not. So that you can use SESSION variable for it. In php a SESSION variable can define like :

$_SESSION["username"]="name_of_user";

[RiptideTempora]

Originally Posted by shanebob

A SESSION variable is the nice way to track the user perspective information. Using it you can identify whether user is logged in or not. So that you can use SESSION variable for it. In php a SESSION variable can define like :

$_SESSION["username"]="name_of_user";

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