PHP - Sessions Help Needed

hello.

i have 2 issues.

1.
im trying to create a session or a global for the pageName but im going in circles.

on each page i have the page name. for example: Code: [Select]
$pageName="adminHome";
each page has its own variables in the db which say how the page is layed out etc..

so the template index looks for the pageName and then pulls the correct layout from to db..

i need the template (and other pages) to get the $pageName="" everytime the page changes.

please help.


this code might help.

this is a basic page:
Code: [Select]
<?PHP
require_once("../includes/initialize.php");

$pName = "adminHome";
$page = Pages::find_by_pageName($pName);
echo $page->id."<br />";



this is my layouts/header.php where $session = new Session(); is located and its also looking for the pageName but i cant seem to get it to see it

Code: [Select]
<?PHP
require_once("../includes/initialize.php");
$session = new Session();

NEEDS TO FIND PAGE NAME HERE

if($pageName == "adminHome"){
   if (!$session->is_logged_in()) { $user=""; }else{ $user = User::find_by_id($_SESSION["user_id"]);  redirect_to("home.php");}
}else{
   if (!$session->is_logged_in()) { $session->message("Access denied."); redirect_to("pages/admin_login.php"); }else{ $user = User::find_by_id($_SESSION["user_id"]); }
}
?>

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PROBLEM 2.

problem 1 and 2 could be solved by the same thing really.

on the page i have the pageName. i then get the various bits from the db like the template_id, the layout_id etc... which are needed on other pages .

do i session each variable or put each in to a global or is there some other way.

for example:

Code: [Select]
$pName = "adminHome";
$page = Pages::find_by_pageName($pName);

echo $page->id."<br />";
echo $page->pageName."<br />";
echo $page->layoutTemps_id.'<br/>';
//ETC


now i want to put these into there own sessions or globals (or something else) to pass to other pages


ANY THOUGHTS...





i have a session class. but im not using it for this. maybe i could use it but im not sure how.

Code: [Select]
<?PHP
class Session {
private $logged_in=false;
public  $user_id;
public $message;



function __construct(){
// session_start();
$this->check_login();
$this->check_message();

 }//end function __construct() session start

/*
if($this->logged_in) {
// do something
} else {
// do something
} //end if
*/

public function is_logged_in() {

return $this->logged_in;

}//end function is_logged_in()



public function login($user) {

//database should find user based on username/password

if($user) {

$this->user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'] = $user->id;
$this->logged_in = true;

}//end if

}//function login($user)


public function logout() {

unset($_SESSION['user_id']);
unset($this->user_id);
$this->logged_in = false;

}//end function logout()

// you have to set the message
// this can set and get a message

public function message($msg="") {

if(!empty($msg)) {

//then this is "set message"
// make sure you understand why $this->message=$msg wouldn't work
// we have to store it in the session

$_SESSION['message'] = $msg;
} else {

// then this is "get message"
return $this->message;

} // end if

} // end function message($msg="")



private function check_login() {

if(isset($_SESSION['user_id'])) {

$this->user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$this->logged_in = true;
}else{
unset($this->user_id);
$this->logged_in = false;
}//end if
}//end function check_login()


private function check_message() {

//is there a message stored in the session?

if(isset($_SESSION['message'])) {

// Add it as an attribute and erase the stored version

$this->message = $_SESSION['message'];
    unset($_SESSION['message']);

}else{

$this->message = "";

}//end if
}//end check_message()

}//end class session

$session = new Session(); //create a session
$message = $session->message();

?>


THANKS
rick