The variable $initialize contains "int(1)", so it does set itself within the last if statement. I'm just not sure why it's not unsetting all the sessions when the page loads.
- Nilaab > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] How do I initialize a page to do something ONCE > > > On Friday 22 November 2002 07:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a newbie problem. I have an php page that has many > layers of forms > > to it. Once the user is finished with filling out one form and > sending it, > > another form appears. This is of course done using simple > if-else or switch > > statements. The problem is, how do I initialize a function or any other > > type of process just ONCE for the entire page. I don't want the > function or > > process to run everytime a new form is displayed. Keep in mind that I'm > > also using sessions for this. Here is a tiny stripped-down > example, of my > > failed attempt, that might help you analyze my question: > > > > session_start(); > > > > if(!isset($initialize)) { > > $start_over = 1; > > } > > > if ($start_over == 1) { > > $temp_log = $logged_in; > > session_unset(); > > $logged_in = $temp_log; > > $initialize = 1; > > session_register("logged_in", "initialize"); > > } > > > There is the code/pseudo-code combination of what I have so > far. The only > > problem is that it is not processing the second if block -- > if($start_over > > == 1) -- unless I actually set start_over=1 in the get string. > How would I > > make sure that the page processes everything in that if block only ONCE > > after the page first loads? Also, if anyone knows a better way of > > displaying one form after another in on a single php page, I'm > open to any > > ideas. > > OK, the only reason why the 2nd IF block is not executed is if > $initialize is > not empty (ie isset($initialize) is TRUE hence $start_over = 1 is never > executed). So try: > > if(!isset($initialize)) { > $start_over = 1; } > else { > var_dump($initialize); // to see what the **** it contains > } > > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > > /* > My BIOLOGICAL ALARM CLOCK just went off ... It has noiseless DOZE > FUNCTION and full kitchen!! > */ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
