Session store on redirect (Solved)

[Illasera]

Hey all, I have a small issue, i can`t seems to be able to store my session after redirecting from the login page back into the main page.Cookies works fine, only sessions dont, When i display the session on the same login page, it works perfectly but when i redirect back to the main page, the session seems to be destroyed.Please note* this is done on a local server via xampp emulator.* the main page is encoded with utf-8, The encoding is stored on the file`s header, Hance i can`t use session_start() in main page because php thinks the header information is already sent.[mainpage.php login form]...Html tags ...Header tags...Body tags.

<form action="Login.php" method="get"><div style="float:right; width:500px; height:35px; margin-right:10px; background-color:#0f0f0f;"><?phpecho"<input type='checkbox' name='remember_me' value='remember' style='float:right; margin:0px; padding:0px; height:10px; width:10px; margin-right:10px; margin-top:5px;' />";echo"<input type='text' value='username' onfocus='searchfield_focus(this)' name='m_username' maxlength='32' class='styled_text_input' style='float:right; margin:0px; padding:0px; margin-right:10px;' />";echo"<input type='password' value='password' onfocus='searchfield_focus(this)' name='m_password' maxlength='16' class='styled_text_input' style='float:right; margin:0px; padding:0px; margin-right:20px;' />";echo"<input type='image' src="Enter_Account.png' alt='Enter account' style='float:right; width:100px; height:22px; margin-right:15px;' />";?>

[login form.php]

<?php$get_name=$_GET["m_username"];$cookie_state=$_GET["remember_me"];$expire=time()+360;if($cookie_state){setcookie("user", $get_name, $expire);}else{session_start();$_SESSION['user_two']=$get_name;}header('Location: /');?>

[mainpage display session]

<?php>echo "<p class='styled_text_link'>username=". $_SESSION['user_two']."</p>";print_r($_SESSION);?>

Session doesnt exist in mainpage

[Synook]

You need to call session_start() on all pages you wish to access the session.

[Illasera]

You need to call session_start() on all pages you wish to access the session.

Please note the comment above as following : * the main page is encoded with utf-8, The encoding is stored on the file`s header, Hance i can`t use session_start() in main page because php thinks the header information is already sent.And what if i cant call the session_start function on my main page?Any alternatives?

[Synook]

No - to retrieve the session, you need to send a header, i.e. through session_start(). What do you mean "the encoding is stored in the file's header"? Note you can always use buffering to prevent output being sent before you are ready.

[Illasera]

1Q.)What do you mean "the encoding is stored in the file's header"?2S.)Note you can always use buffering to prevent output being sent before you are ready.

1A.)When i save the .php file with utf-8 encoding, I can`t use any of the functions that required pre-processesing, such as setting cookies or sessions - The reason is that the encoding type add 3 characters with the encoding value to the file header, making the php parser think that is the real header.2Q.)How can i use a buffer to prevent output being send before am ready? Can you give a bit info/pointers/links of how to do it?

[Synook]

You mean, the BOM? Have you tried saving the file without that?

[Illasera]

You mean, the BOM? Have you tried saving the file without that?

BOM? yep, Am using utf-8 and writing my code in notepad, so yea, it will add the BOM by default, am not sure i can avoid it.Am encoding the file because am not using ASCII language, Not my native / website language.I should look in Notepad++ Maybe ill have the option there.Solved, Saved without BOM, Thanks again synook, Third time in a row that you helped me