Adding item to array PHP

Question

I'm building a shopping cart for a school assignment. I'm pretty much there except for adding the items to the cart variable.

I've set up my cart session with: $_SESSION['temp_session'] = array();

and then, when a item is added to the cart, this code is executed

if (isset($_POST['addtocart'])) {
            $item_name = $_POST['item_name'];
            $price = $_POST['price'];
            $qty = $_POST['qty'];

            $newItem = $item_name.":".$price.":".$qty;
            //echo $newItem;

            if (isset($_SESSION['shop_session'])) {
                array_push($shop_session, $newItem);
                //header('Location: cart.php');
                print_r($shop_session);
            }
            else {
                array_push($temp_session, $newItem);
                //header('Location: login.php?notLoggedIn=true');
                print_r($temp_session);
            }
        }

it all seem s to be working fine (i can print out $newItem and it contains the elements) but when I try to add $newItem to either $shop_session or $temp_session and then print them out, there array is empty.

Is this something to do with the way I'm using array_push() ?

Thanks

soulmerge · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-16 07:47:01Z

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Is your RegisterGlobals is on? If not you must use

            if (isset($_SESSION['shop_session'])) {
                    array_push($_SESSION['shop_session'], $newItem);
                    //header('Location: cart.php');
                    print_r($_SESSION);
            }
            else {
                array_push($_SESSION['temp_session'], $newItem);
                    //header('Location: login.php?notLoggedIn=true');
                    print_r($_SESSION);
            }

edited Oct 16, 2009 at 7:47

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answered Oct 16, 2009 at 7:19

Alexey Sviridov

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random Over a year ago

@Anax If you don't know how that relates to register_globals then you've never come across a script that has been coded with it on.

Aaron Moodie Over a year ago

Ah, ok, thanks guys. with the print_r($_SESSION); i'm getting: Array ( [temp_session] => Array ( [0] => Apocalypso:10.00:2 ) ). So $_SESSION is an array, and within it is another array called temp_session? how would I copy temp_sessions to shop_session? and also, I guess a foreach($_SESSION['shop_session'] as $item) isn't going to work either?

Anax Over a year ago

@e.c.ho My initial impression was that Alexey was implying that with register_globals On, every session variable is automatically available as standalone variable as well, which I believe is not true.

Anax · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-16 07:26:16Z

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You can't type

$_SESSION['temp_session'] = array();

and expect to have a variable named $temp_session. All you have is an array ($_SESSION) which contains an element (with key name temp_session), which in turn is an array as well.

In order to have the desired results you need an additional line, such as:

$temp_session = $_SESSION['temp_session'];

and when you update that, back again into your session:

$_SESSION['temp_session'] = $temp_session;

answered Oct 16, 2009 at 7:26

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