使用标头时无法在PHP中检索会话变量（“位置：

Question

Once user provides username and password on Login page, it is then submitted to another page which has -

session_start();
$_SESSION['username']=$_POST["username"];

Based on some validation, the page is redirected to different pages based on the code below

session_write_close();
/* Redirect browser */
header("Location: ../menu.php");

Then, on menu.php, all I tried to do is -

<?php 
session_start();
echo "User is ".$_SESSION['username']; 
?>

But its not working :(. Works on the same page though but not after redirection. Tried with setcookie etc but no luck. Appreciate any help !!

Answer 1

Based on your header location i think you are redirecting to a parent folder. This will screw up your sessions if you do not define your cookie path and domain. This can be achieved with the function: session_set_cookie_params