PHP Session Variables and smarty Templates

[Brennan Mann]

Hello, I am having problems updating PHP session variables. I can set
them and see them using the following debug print_r($_SESSI ON); Once,
I start using smarty templates, I cannot modify the PHP session
variables. Does smarty tags overwrite or disable PHP session vars?


session_name("S hoppingCartUser Session");
session_start() ;
session_registe r("iwsUsername" );
session_registe r("iwsFirstName ");
session_registe r("iwsAdminLogi n");
$_SESSION["iwsUsernam e"] = "Brennan";


Once I hit the smarty template

$smarty->display("index .html");

The session variable is now static for the entire session:
$_SESSION["iwsUsernam e"]

I can no longer modify and of the PHP session variables. I am not
using any PHP header/location redirects.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Brennan

[petersprc]

Re: PHP Session Variables and smarty Templates

It may be a caching issue. Try setting
session_cache_l imiter('nocache ').

Check out the response headers using Live HTTP Headers for FF:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3829

Regards,

John Peters

On Apr 13, 3:50 pm, Brennan Mann <brennan.m...@g mail.comwrote:

Hello, I am having problems updating PHP session variables. I can set
them and see them using the following debug print_r($_SESSI ON); Once,
I start using smarty templates, I cannot modify the PHP session
variables. Does smarty tags overwrite or disable PHP session vars?
>
session_name("S hoppingCartUser Session");
session_start() ;
session_registe r("iwsUsername" );
session_registe r("iwsFirstName ");
session_registe r("iwsAdminLogi n");
$_SESSION["iwsUsernam e"] = "Brennan";
>
Once I hit the smarty template
>
$smarty->display("index .html");
>
The session variable is now static for the entire session:
$_SESSION["iwsUsernam e"]
>
I can no longer modify and of the PHP session variables. I am not
using any PHP header/location redirects.
>
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
Thanks,
Brennan