can someone tell me why this is not setting the session variable?

[jlw12689]

first page

<?php
// script1.php
session_start();
echo "<form action=\"script2.php\" method=\"post\" name=\"name1\">";
echo "Your name: <input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" size=\"20\" value=\"\">  ";
echo "<input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\">";
echo "</form>";
?>

second page

<?php
// script2.php
session_start();
echo('Hello, ' . $_SESSION['name1']);
?>

[Newsgroup_User]

jlw12689 wrote:
> second page
>
> <?php
> // script2.php
> session_start();
> echo('Hello, ' . $_SESSION['name1']);
> ?>

You need to set the session variable first.

<?php
session_start();
if (isset($_POST['name1'])) $_SESSION['name1'] = $_POST['name1'];
echo 'Hello, ' . $_SESSION['name1'];
?>

By the way, using echo to create your form on page one is a complete
waste of time. Just use an ordinary HTML form - a lot less typing, and a
lot more efficient.

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