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[acrionx]

I have written out a script that let's you define a session variable called "colors". Once it is defined and you close the page and then go back to it, it is suppose to remember and tell you the color you have set. But it is not doing that.

Here is my html and php code.

Here is the actual page.

When you first visit this url, you are suppose to type in a color or whatever you want to type in. When you close the window and go back to the same url, it isn't suppose to give you that text box. It is suppose to remember the $_SESSION['color'] variable and simply print that out . I can't figure out why it's not doing this. It's like a new session starts. Why isn't my preveious session variable maintained? I think it has to do with the fact that the PHP is embedded in HTML, because when I have another script that did work and that one has only PHP codes and no HTML

[Alexander]

session_start() calls an HTTP header to the client, thus it must be run before any content is sent out (incliding whitespace). Place it at the top if you script, i.e.

<?php session_start();?>

Also note you output the HTML form regardless of it the session element is present or not.

[acrionx]

Thanks Nullworm, it worked.

Here is the modified code if anyone wants to see it.