PHP - Display All Session Variable Names And Values

Hi there,

I am working on a PHP web form and I have a very simple situation I guess, I have a variable named: $MyVal

When I do

print_r($MyVal);
To see whats inside, I get:

SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => 8.23 )
Now I am assigning this variable into a session variable so that I can do calculations with it.

So I assign:

$_SESSION['MySesVal'] = $MyVal;
But after assigning to session variable, when I do my calculations:

$finalValue = $_SESSION['MySesVal'] * 4;

I get 0. So is it because the actual $MyVal variable has some XML stuff as:

SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => 8.23 )

So what is the right way to properly assign $MyVal variable to a session variable to do calculations.

Please reply.

All comments and feedbacks are always welcome.

Thank you!

It's been a while since I've needed to whip anything substantial up from scratch, so my scripting is a little (lot) fast and loose (weird/inefficient) here.

I'm trying to mock up a script that's essentially a quiz/survey. There are a handful of topics, each with a few screens of yes/no questions. At the end, it returns a list of recommendations based on the answers gathered.

The script is posting back to itself. Using print_r ($_SESSION), it seems like all of the post values for the first screen of questions are being assigned to the session array as expected. When the second screen of questions is answered, their values are assigned as well, but the values for the first set go away completely. This continues through subsequent screens, with the values from the previous screen present and all others before missing.

I'd really appreciate a look at my code to see if you tell me the cause or error(s).

Thanks!


<?php
session_start;
include('_config.php');

// database connect
$dbc = mysqli_connect($CFG->dbhost, $CFG->dbuser, $CFG->dbpass, $CFG->dbname);

// set to section 1, page 1 if no values are in _POST array
  if (($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ==  'GET') || (!isset($_POST['section']))) {
   $section = 1;
   $page  = 1;
  }
  else {
// something was posted, so...set those values in session variable
foreach($_POST as $key => $data) { 
$_SESSION[$key] = $data; 
}
// debug: display contents of the session array
print_r ($_SESSION);

// which section and page?
   $section = (int) $_POST['section'];
   $page  = (int) $_POST['next'];
  }

// check if last topic
$query = "SELECT * FROM hw_topics";
$data = mysqli_query($dbc, $query);
  if ($section == mysqli_num_rows($data)) {
    $last_section = true; 
  }
  else {
    $last_section = false;
  }

// get current topic name and info
$query = "SELECT topic, display_name, pages_in_topic FROM hw_topics WHERE topic_id = '$section'";
$data = mysqli_query($dbc, $query);
if (mysqli_num_rows($data) == 1) {
  $row = mysqli_fetch_array($data);
  $topic_display_name = $row['display_name'];
  $pages_in_topic = $row['pages_in_topic'];
  }

// test if last page in topic
$topic_pages = $row['pages_in_topic'];
if ($page == $topic_pages) {
    $last_page_in_section = true;
  }
  else {
    $last_page_in_section = false;
  }

// set form action (set to this script or to recommendations when last section is complete 
if (($last_section == true) && ($last_page_in_section == true)) {
    $form_action = $CFG->reccomend;
  }
  else {
    $form_action = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
  }

// get current page headline
$query = "SELECT page_headline FROM hw_pages WHERE topic_id = '$section' AND page_number = '$page'";
$data = mysqli_query($dbc, $query);

if (mysqli_num_rows($data) == 1) {
  // The headline row was found so display the headline
  $row = mysqli_fetch_array($data);
  $page_headline = '<h2>' . $row['page_headline'] . '</h2>';
  }


// Grab the question data from the database to generate the list and form fields
$query = "SELECT question_id, question_number, question_text FROM hw_questions WHERE topic_id = '$section' AND page_id = '$page' ORDER BY question_number";
$data = mysqli_query($dbc, $query);
$questions = array();
  while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($data)) {
    array_push($questions, $row);
  }

include($CFG->includesdir.'/header.php');
?>
<div id="head">
<h1>Assessment<?php if (isset($topic_display_name)) { echo ': <em>' . $topic_display_name  . '</em>'; } ?></h1>
<p class="paging">Page <?php echo $page; ?> of <?php echo $pages_in_topic; ?></p>
</div><!-- #head -->
<div id="content">
<p class="instr">Please complete this survey. We'll generate a list of recommendations and resources for your organization.</p>

<div id="questions">
<?php echo $page_headline; ?>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $form_action; ?>">

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<thead>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td class="qtext"></td>
<td class="qanswer">yes</td>
<td class="qanswer">no</td>
<td class="pad"></td>
</tr>
</thead>

<?php 
if ($questions) { 
    // display question rows
    foreach ($questions as $question) {
      echo '<tr>';
      echo '<td class="qnumber">' . $question['question_number'] . '.</td>';
      echo '<td class="qtext"><p>...' . $question['question_text'] . '</p></td>';
      echo '<td class="qanswer"><div class="radio" id="box-yes"><input type="radio" value="yes" name="qid_' . $question['question_id'] . '" id="qid_' . $question['question_id'] . '" class="radio" /></div></td>';
      echo '<td class="qanswer"><div class="radio" id="box-no"><input type="radio" value="no" name="qid_' . $question['question_id'] . '" id="qid_' . $question['question_id'] . '" class="radio"';
      $field_name = 'qid_' . $question['question_id'];
      if (isset($_SESSION[$field_name])) {
        echo ' checked="checked"';
      }
      echo ' /></div></td>';
      echo '<td class="pad"></td>';
      echo '</tr>';
    }
  }
  else {
    echo '<tr>';
    echo '<td colspan="3" class="qtext"><p>No questions found in the database for this page.</p></td>';
    echo '<td class="pad"></td>';
    echo '</tr>';
  }
?>
</table>

<ul id="controls">
<?php 
if ($last_page_in_section == true) 
  { 
  $section++; 
  $page = 1; 
  } 
  else {
  $page++;
  }
  echo '<input type="hidden" value="' . $section . '" name="section" />';
  echo '<input type="hidden" value="' . ($page) . '" name="next" />';
  if (($last_section == true) &&  ($last_page_in_section == true)) {
    echo '<li><input type="submit" value="Submit Answers and Get Recommendations" name="submit" id="submit" /></li>';
  }
  else {
    echo '<li><input type="submit" value="Next Page" name="submit" id="next" /></li>'; 
  }
?>
</ul><!-- #controls -->
</form>
</div><!-- #questions -->

<?php
mysqli_close($dbc);
include($CFG->includesdir.'/footer.php');
?>

I am attempting to us glob to display contents of a users folder using a session variable.
Example: I have a session variable called department
Code: [Select]
$row_fullname['department'];
In department I have the name of the department the user belongs to such as: office, plant, maintenance, and groundskeeping
I created a folder called docs inside of docs there are 4 subfolders called office, plant, maintenance, and groundskeeping

I found this code which will display the contents of the folder:
Code: [Select]
<?php
$files = glob( './docs/office/*.*' );

foreach ( $files as $file )
{
    echo
        '<a href="./docs/office/' . basename( $file ) . '"target="_blank">'
        . basename( $file ) . '</a><br />';
}  
?>
The above code works fine, but I would like it to only display the contents of a departments folder only if the user is part on that department.

Here is an example that I know is completely wrong but it may help explain what I am trying to do.
Code: [Select]

<?php
]<?php
$files = glob( './docs/echo $row_fullname['department'];/*.*' );

foreach ( $files as $file )
{
    echo
        '<a href="./docs/echo $row_fullname['department'];/' . basename( $file ) . '"target="_blank">'
        . basename( $file ) . '</a><br />';
}  
?>Thanks for your time

My Php Buddies,

I have mysql tbl columns these:

id: 
date_&_time: 
account_activation_code: 
account_activation_status: 
id_video_verification_status: 
id_verification_video_file_url: 
username: 
password: 
primary_domain: 
primary_website_email: 
sponsor_username: 
 

Now, I want to display their row data by excluded a few columns.

Want to exclude these columns:

date_&_time

account_activation_code

account_activation_status

id_verification_video_file_url

password

 

So, the User's (eg. your's) homepage inside his account should display labels like these where labels match the column names but the underscores are removed and each words' first chars CAPITALISED:

Id: 1
Id Video Verification Status: 1
Username: requinix
Primary_domain: requinix.majesty
Primary Website Email: requeen@requinix.majesty
Sponsor Username: phpsane
Recruits Number: 2

 

For your convenience only PART 1 works. Need help on Part 2

My attempted code:

 

	PART 1
	<?php 
	// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
	// Query to get columns from table
$query = $conn->query("SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'members' AND TABLE_NAME = 'users'");
	while($row = $query->fetch_assoc()){
    $result[] = $row;
}
	// Array of all column names
$columnArr = array_column($result, 'COLUMN_NAME');
	foreach ($columnArr as $value) { 
echo "<b>$value</b>: ";?><br><?php 
} 
	?>
	 
	PART 2
	<?php 
	//Display User Account Details 
echo "<h3>User: <a href=\"user.php?user=$user\">$user</a> Details</h3>";?><br> 
<?php 
$excluded_columns = array("date_&_time","account_activation_code","account_activation_status","id_verification_video_file_url","password"); 
foreach ($excluded_columns as $value2) 
{    
    echo "Excluded Column: <b>$value2</b><br>";
}
foreach ($columnArr as $value) 
{ 
    
    if($value != "$value2")
    { 
        $label = str_replace("_"," ","$value"); 
        $label = ucwords("$label"); 
        //echo "<b>$label</b>: "; echo "$_SESSION[$value]";?><br><?php 
        echo "<b>$label</b>: "; echo "${$value}";?><br><?php 
    }
} 
?>
	

PROBLEM: Columns from the excluded list still get displayed.

Edited November 19, 2018 by phpsane

The default PHP Session name on my webspace server is PHPSESSID.

Does that mean that the session cookie will be called PHPSESSID?

The reason i ask is that in a couple of places i can't use PHP to update the information in the session cookie (because PHP is parsed before the webpage loads) and so i need to use Javascript to update a cookie which i would prefer to be the session cookie used by PHP.

I guess i'm asking what the name of the cookie is, how i would refer to it in Javascript (if that is even possible) so that i can update it and whether this would cause any issues with the info already stored in the session cookie by PHP.

Cheers

NM