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PHP Session variables not being passed to the next page

I know this title is duplicate to 1000's of other posts related to an issue and I apologize in advance if the solution is out there. Trust me I went through tons of posts regarding this topic and tried all the solutions prescribed, but have had no luck.

I am trying to create SESSION variables through the following code in page 1:

<?php
  $conditionArray = array('Past', 'Past', 'Future', 'Future');
  $typeArray = array('Gains', 'Gains', 'Losses', 'Losses');
  shuffle($conditionArray);
  shuffle($typeArray);
  session_start();
  $_SESSION['conditionArray'] = implode(',',$conditionArray);
  $_SESSION['typeArray'] = implode(',',$typeArray);
  var_dump($_SESSION);
?>
<html>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Now var_dump shows the following:

array(2) { ["conditionArray"]=> string(23) "Future,Past,Past,Future" ["typeArray"]=> string(25) "Gains,Gains,Losses,Losses" }

which is fine.

On the next page I am trying to retrieve a variable by the following code:

<?php
  session_start();
  echo $_SESSION['typeArray'];
  var_dump($_SESSION);
?>
<html>
<body>
</body>
</html>

and it gives me:

array(0) { }

I tried looking into the error log files of php and I don't see anything relevant. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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hrshd Avatar asked Jun 01 '26 06:06

hrshd


1 Answers

FIXED:

I feel rather stupid after finding the solution but @webgal was right. I needed to put session_start() before < !DOCTYPE HTML> as well. I had it right below it and above the html tag. I'd like to thank you all for your time, patience and effort and sincerely apologize for my ignorance!

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hrshd Avatar answered Jun 03 '26 20:06

hrshd



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