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1. scdwb
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey,

   I'm having a real problem passing variables from page to page in wordpress. I have tried to enable sessions in wordpress by placing the following into functions.php of my theme:

   function cp_admin_init() {
   if (!session_id())
   session_start();
   }

   I then add this in my header:

   $_SESSION['mykeyword'] = $_GET['keyword'];

   What I'm trying to do is save the keyword, which is appended to a url, to the session and pass it around the website.

   So, I send users to a URL like this: domain.com/home?keyword=testing.

   When they land on the page everything works. I echo the session variable to test and it appear on the screen.

   However, as soon as I move to another page that variable is lost. I've printed the entire session (Print_r ($_SESSION);) and the "mykeyword" empties it self as soon as I change page.

   Am I missing something obvious?

   Many thanks inadvance!

   Steven

2. davidsword
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   *bump* same problem here - find a solution?

3. davidsword
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   its an issue with register_globals, they needed to be off (this may pose a security issue)

   the problematic wp function doing the deed is wp_unregister_globals()

   & afaik session_start() should be in wp-config.php

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