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PHP

Alan Mattanó
PLUS
Alan Mattanó
Courses Plus Student 12,188 Points
Posted by Alan Mattanó
Alan Mattanó
Courses Plus Student 12,188 Points

Do SESSION work in Treehouse Workspaces?

My code:

index.php

  <?php session_start(); 

  $_SESSION['data'] = "hello world!";

  var_dump( $_SESSION );

  // Works if session cookie was accepted
  echo '<br /><a href="page2.php">page 2</a>';
  exit;
  ?>

In page2.php

  <?php session_start(); 

  var_dump( $_SESSION );
  exit;
  ?>

2 Answers

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,718 Points

Hey Alan,

Unfortunately, they don't in Workspaces. But you can use a local environment to test your session code. I use XAMPP for my local server, and I love it.

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,718 Points

You're welcome, Alan! I actually had to test this to make sure myself, because I hadn't yet tried to use session variables in Workspaces yet lol Your code works great on my local server but not in workspaces :\ Oh well, now you can test your session code! =]