Using PHP sessions in jQuery/HTML/Ajax

Question

After a successful login attempt my php script starts a session like this:

    session_set_cookie_params(1800,'/','www.mydomain.com',true);
    session_start();
    header("location:mainpage.html");

Now my questions are:

How can I save my user-id to my session for further use?
Would it be sufficient to add these 3 code snippet to keep my sessions alive in a jQuery Mobile page:

mysession.php:

     <?php
     session_set_cookie_params(1800,'/','www.mydomain.com',true);
     session_start();
     ?>

somewhere in mainpage.html:

    function getHttpRequestObj()
    {
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
        {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
            return new XMLHttpRequest();
        }
        else
        {// code for IE6, IE5
            return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        }
    }

    function callSession(id)
    {
    var xmlhttp = getHttpRequestObj();
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
      {
      if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
        {
        document.getElementById(id).innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
        }
      }
    xmlhttp.open("GET","mysession.php",true);
    xmlhttp.send();
    }

And then in the outmost div (name='main') in mainpage.html

      $(document).ready(function() {
callSession('main');
});

session_register This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED as of PHP 5.4.0. — user557846
– user557846, Commented Jul 9, 2012 at 7:14
That helps. Then I would need a new method of somehow storing my user-id in my session for further use and validation. So basically I am now only using the session_set_cookie_params and session_start part with only the direct header to mainpage.html as long as the MySQL query is authenticated and login information is correct. — Vlad
– Vlad, Commented Jul 9, 2012 at 7:23
you only need session_start() than then just use the $_SESSION global array — user557846
– user557846, Commented Jul 9, 2012 at 7:24
So a UID is automatically created for me? I still need to use the username to get the userid from MySQL though, unless I've overseen something. — Vlad
– Vlad, Commented Jul 9, 2012 at 7:41
session_set_cookie_params(1800,'/','www.mydomain.com',true); session_start(); $_SESSION['id'] == $userid; header("location:mainpage.html"); - A tad hard to read but I think that'll do as far as saving my userid from MySQL goes. — Vlad
– Vlad, Commented Jul 9, 2012 at 8:07

Vlad · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-09 09:31:10Z

2

Problem solved by adding the following code at the top of my mainpage.html and renaming it to mainpage.php

<?php
session_start();
$id = $_SESSION['id'];
?>

Now I can access my userid from anywhere by doing

<? echo $id ?>

answered Jul 9, 2012 at 9:31

Vlad

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xorinzor Over a year ago

or you could just do echo $_SESSION['id'] ?

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