Why does this `$_SESSION = $_POST` fail?

Question

What am I missing here? This is my PHP file:

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echo print_r($_POST);

// Save input in sessio         


        

Answer 1

Have you tried using $_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['name']; instead?

I've never used $_SESSION = $_POST;, and neither never seen it, in the whole time I programmed on PHP.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

i would instead foreach the $_POST and add it to $_SESSION['mypostvars']. Keep in mind that you should validate and verify the $_POST before storing them.

this is a possible duplicated of PHP merge $_POST into $_SESSION

Answer 3

Working with Xampp, that example works just fine. The 'test1' is printed on the before and after a successful post. Using PHP 5.3.8.

Tested on Linux with PHP 5.3.6, also works fine printing the 'test1' in both cases.

So, it seems PHP is not the problem here.

Answer 4

You can modify $_SESSION but I don't think you're allowed to reassign it like that. Instead, copy the members of $_POST into it. Try using array_merge() but if that doesn't work then write a foreach loop to do it.