passing var of go to detail page more than once

Hello,
I have a results page that links to a detail page via "go to detail php"...

I need to REUSE that go to detail number on my detail page for a flash menu.php file....

How can I pass that information to my php file?

I have tried $_GET['detailsID'] on my query on the menu.php and it doesn't work.
I have tried using a Flashvar to echo ['detailsID'] into flash.

Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance. :)

i think I know what you are after.

if you have a variable that you wish to use on more than one page, set it up as a session variable, that should do the trick

Thank you for your input.

Would you mind...helping me out with this.

So where would I start this session (what page do I put it on to start..?)

Do I need to reference it on the results, details, and menu.php pages?
menu.php is the only page that isn't getting the detailsID

I don't have much of a clue on the syntex structure of a session. WADA has constructed the sessions I have...(embarrassed to admit...) But when I try to look at the sessions in the applications...there isn't any detail there either...

I know I have to have this:

<?php
if (!isset($_SESSION)) {
session_start();
}
?>


I have attached my menu.php page which has the query with the detailsID=colname...

Any help would be greatly appreciate

i would start the session on whichever page needs to use the session variable.

(on the page supplied, you have added the lines

<?php
if (!isset($_SESSION)) {
session_start();
}
?>

twice, at the start and again on lines 47, you should do this once, at or near the top of the page)

set a session variable like this...

<?php
$_SESSION["whatever"] = $your_variable;
?>

so you could use your recordset value here, but ensure the recordset has been created before you set the session variable.

when starting, i find it good practice to echo the variable, to ensure it is being set ok.

<?php
echo 'session variable is '.$_SESSION["whatever"];
?>

hope this helps

Thank you...

So is this the right way to do the session?

<?php
$_SESSION['detailsID'] = $row_rsQuerryAll['detailsID'];
?>

or should I be using a $_GET['detailsID']

If I try to echo the session...
I get a "headers already sent message 4 times starting at line 59..

The syntax for setting the session variable looks valid in both cases.

in the first, you are retrieving the value from the recordset, in the second you are retrieving it from the URL variable.

the headers already sent error... difficult for me to investigate.

also, the menu.php you posted has no html markup.

sorry, but i am having difficulty in trying to see what you are attempting.

is it possible you could post a link ?

my menu.php creates the xml for the flash file. (that is why you are not seeing html markup)

The flash file doesn't need the detailsID...

The menu.php needs it to get the correct information in the query.

Here is the basic detailsID chain of events:

1. search results page with link to details.php page. (using php go to detail behavior)

2. on details.php page is a flash player that needs xml fed to it...via menu.php

3. menu.php needs the detailsID to be able to get the proper information to feed to the player the list generated by the query.

OK, just so I'm clear...

is the sequence of events, search page ---> menu.php (generate xml)
-->detail.php ?

the search page generates a url variable, you then use this to filter your recordset to create the xml file, then redirect to the detail.php page, again filtered by the same url variable ?

i don't know of a way you can do this automatically, as i am pretty sure you cannot use a php header after your xml output.

(someone out there may know better)

There really isn't a search page.
A page that has a choice of categories to choose from.
When a user clicks on a category it takes them to a results page.

Then, a user can use from that list of results. The results list has links to a detail.php page.
When click on. Takes them to details.php.

details.php has of course detail descriptions and also has a flash player on that page.

The flash xml feed does not get the required information, as menu.php doesn't get the detailsID it needs to generate the xml to feed the player.

This menu.php generates the xml...."on the fly"....
And if you use the page statically, and type in menu.php?detailsID=3 (for example) it generates the proper result needed for the flash player.
So, what I need is to get the detailsID to echo onto menu.php at the same time the user is taken to details.php....

Hi again.

what i am unclear about is if menu.php, which created the xml on the fly, is called from the results page, or does the results page link directly to detail.php, which just uses the xml generated from menu.php

i have done some testing, and i can pass a URL parameter into a php page to create xml, filtered by the URL parameter, this works fine.

what I am unable to do is then use a php header on the xml creating php page to load the detail page directly from this page.


if you can do this, then the URL parameter should be all you need.