sessions

Alex,
session_start() is called in include\dbcommon.php file.

So you can put all your custom sessions-specific stuff just before that line.
Session variables are registered implicitly by simple assignment, i.e.

$_SESSION["var"] =...
Explicit session vars registering is deprecated since PHP 4.1

If I declare and assign a session variable, is it available throughout the programme/web pages without furthur action?

Or do i need to declare it as global in each function I make?
I get my users to login against one table called Staff.

They use their normal network login as the username in the PHPR login box.

I wish to store their user ID instead of their login name, so I have added this custom code to my after successful login event

the following values apply

`staff` is the table I use to authenticate against

`pcs_ac` is the user's login for the network

$datalog["userid"] is the value extracted from the staff table which is the numerical user ID

Hi thesofa,
I use $SESSION variables all the time. Its an easy way to pass values from one page to another.
They can be used anywhere and no need to call a global.
I usually pass the $Session variable to a local variable if I need the value in a javascript function.
I load a lot of my Store record values into session variables after successfull login.

This way I can use the values for any email output or reports. The tax variables I use later to charge the appropriate tax on sales when creating a new invoice.
My code in the global events for After successfull login
function AfterSuccessfulLogin()

{

global $conn;

$strSQL = "select * from stores";

$rs = db_query($strSQL,$conn);

$data=db_fetch_array($rs);

$_SESSION["tax1_id"]= $data["tax1_id"];

$_SESSION["tax2_id"]= $data["tax2_id"];

$_SESSION["tax3_id"]= $data["tax3_id"];

$_SESSION["tax1_rate"]= $data["tax1_rate"];

$_SESSION["tax2_rate"]= $data["tax2_rate"];

$_SESSION["tax3_rate"]= $data["tax3_rate"];

$_SESSION["tax1_reg"]= $data["tax1_reg"];

$_SESSION["tax2_reg"]= $data["tax2_reg"];

$_SESSION["tax3_reg"]= $data["tax3_reg"];

$_SESSION["company_name"]= $data["name"];

$_SESSION["company_address1"]= $data["address1"];

$_SESSION["company_address2"]= $data["address2"];

$_SESSION["company_city_id"]= $data["city_id"];

$_SESSION["company_postal_zip_code"]= $data["postal_zip_code"];

$_SESSION["company_phone"]= $data["phone"];

$_SESSION["company_fax"]= $data["fax"];

$_SESSION["company_email"]= $data["email"];

$_SESSION["company_www_url"]= $data["www_url"];

$_SESSION["company_year_start"]= $data["from_date"];

$_SESSION["company_year_end"]= $data["to_date"];

// ** Send simple email ****
$email="info@vintbrew.com";

$message.= $_SESSION["UserID"]." has successfully Logged into WWW";

$subject="Successful Login to WWW";

mail($email, $subject, $message);
//** Redirect to another page ****

header("Location: customer_list.php");

exit();

}
Also I had the almost the same snippet for After Saving an edit events on my stores record. That way if I update any info the session variables are immediately updated without have to log out and back in to refresh.

Hi, DaleM

Cheers