[SOLVED] Sending variable from one php file to another

[eon201]

Hi this is pretty noob stuff but here goes!

Ok so I have two php files.
a.php
b.php

a.php deals with some form validation, ending in

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    $worked = mail($to, $title, $message, $headers);

    if($worked)    {
    $confmsg = '<p>Your request for a call back has been sent. A Cruise Specialist will be in touch.</p><p>You will now be redirected back to the page you were previously viewing. If the page                does not load shortly please <a href="' . $prev . '">click here</a>.</p>';
    // Insert monitor forwarder here
    }
    else    {
    // It failed
    $confmsg = '<h1 class="first">Registration Problem</h1><p>There was a problem with your registration, please try again later.</p><p>You will now be redirected back to the page you were previously viewing. If the page does not load shortly please <a href="' . $prev . '">click here</a>.</p>';
}
?>
<?php session_start();
$_SESSION['$worked'] = $_POST['$worked'];
?>

Whilst b.php takes the session checks to see if the mail has been sent and if so posts an echo like so:

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<?php session_start();
$callback = $_SESSION['$worked']
?> 
<?php
if ($callback) {
// Received new callback submission
    $callmsg = '<p>We have received a new callback request</p>';
    }
else {
//Did not recive new callback submission
    $callmsg = '<p>There are no new callback requests</p>';
    }
?>
<?php echo $callmsg; ?>

But it doesnt work??? Why is this? What am I not understanding about sessions?

Thanks in advance. eon201

[eon201]

Ok ive found out that I should be using sessions for this as it would make my life easier when calling a variable later on in any file. Has anyone get experience with this??

Thanks. Eon201

[alexgeek]

What do you want your sessions to do.
If you are using sessions you must declared this at the top of your code:

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session_start(); 

and you register a session like so:

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$_SESSION['sessionname'] = value;