login session not behaving

[Dormilich]

a var_dump() output looks different.

[macdalor]

this is where I entered the var_dump in the menu.inc:

            	<?php if ($_SESSION['loggedInUser'] == $_SESSION["userCakeUser"]) { ?>Hi <strong><?php echo $_SESSION[$userdetails["Username"]]; var_dump($_SESSION);?>

[Atli]

Hey.

Try creating a new PHP file int he same directory your other PHP files are and do:
[code=php]
<?php
header('content-type: text/plain');
session_start() ;
var_dump($_SESS ION);
?>
[/code]
This tells you whether the session is working, and what is in it.

Post the output here so we can see what data you are actually working with.

[macdalor]

here is the output:

array(0) {
}

I'm no expert but it doesn't look good does it... ;-)

[Dormilich]

that means, that there is an empty session*

* which also means undefined == undefined (post #17)

[macdalor]

ok, is there anything you can suggest for me to get this sorted at all? apologies for my ignorance on the subject...

[Dormilich]

not very much, I fear. I’d look, where and why the assignment didn’t work.

[macdalor]

for everyone's info, this was sorted by replacing $_SESSION["userCakeUs er"] by "1"