PHP Session Help

[noswad]

Helloooo

Im using this PHP session to display data when a user logs in.

e.g.

session_start();
echo $_SESSION[console];

Basically - Its displaying their favourite games console in text.

The session will either display 'Xbox 360', 'Playstation 3' or 'Nintendo Wii'.

Is it possible to display a picture of their favourite console?

For example: if [console] = 'Xbox 360' -> display ../images/xbox360.jpg

You get what I mean!

Thanks for reading :kickass:

 

[aween]

Why not use cookies?

Because if you use sessions and they close theire window, they have to reassign what favorite console they have.

edit:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['choose_console'])) {
if($selection == "1") { 
$_SESSION['console_1'] = $console_1;
session_register("console_1");
}
}

if(isset($_SESSION['console_1'])) { echo "<img src=picture.jpg>"; } 

?>

etc...

(didnt test the code )

 

[abdulmueid]

$favorite = $_SESSION[console];
$wii = "/home/user/public_html/wii.gif";
echo $favorite;
if ($favorite == "Wii") {
echo $wii;
}

 

[Dan]

session_start();

if ($_SESSION['console'] == 'Nintendo Wii') {
  echo 'wii stuff <img src="wiiimage.jpg" />';
} elseif ($_SESSION['console'] == 'Xbox 360') {
  echo '360 stuff <img src="360.jpg" />';
} elseif ($_SESSION['console'] == 'Playstation 3') {
  echo 'ps3 stuff <img src="ps3.jpg" />';
}

xlusive: your code has random variables that aren't used anywhere.
abdulmueid: yours wouldn't echo an image, just the path to it.

 

[noswad]

xlusive - the user chose their favourite console when they registered. Thanks any way.

Hi abdulmueid

I can't get this code to work but thanks for trying.

David.

 

[Eric]

There are other..probably even better ways to do it, but:

<?php

session_start();

//I'm assuming you pull this info from the db
//on a login page, you could do the following

//if login successful
$_SESSION['console'] = $user_console_pref;

//Then wherever you want the image displayed

if (isset($_SESSION['console']))
{
    switch ($_SESSION['console'])
    {
        case 'Nintendo Wii':
             $console_stuff = 'wii stuff <img src="wiiimage.jpg" />';
             break;
        case 'Xbox 360':
             $console_stuff = '360 stuff <img src="360.jpg" />';
             break;
        case 'Playstation 3':
             $console_stuff = 'ps3 stuff <img src="ps3.jpg" />';
             break;
    }
    
    echo $console_stuff;
}

?>

 

[noswad]

Thanks to both Dan Friedman and SecondVersion!

I was just about to kill myself!

Thanks again :kickass: :bingo:

 

[abdulmueid]

whoops... my bad. That was just a quick and dirty piece of code. Anyway, both your codes should work nicely