Using the $_POST global in LiveCode server

[Mike Bonner]

Version 7.1.0 doesn't seem to work.  (the version used by on-rev.)  Pretty
sure its been in this non-working condition for a while.  (again, my faulty
memory might be wrong)   I'll try and set up a test for later versions, but
pretty sure things were still working in the 6.x range of server engines.

On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 6:03 PM Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Its been a while since I messed with sessions, but that looks right.  I
> seem to vaguely remember that there is some version of LC server where
> sessions is broken, but I can't recall for sure.  What version of server
> are you running?   (IIRC sessions was implemented some time around 4.6.3?
> And a later version was broken and later fixed)  I'll see if I can relocate
> the info.
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 5:53 PM Tim Selander via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Mike.
>>
>> This seemed like a good hint/possible solution.
>> > Another though has just occurred to me also..  If you use session
>> > variables, you can store the search term in the session, and since the
>> > browser will re-post on reload, if $_POST and your session variable
>> contain
>> > the same search term, its possible (likely?) that it was a reload rather
>> > than a new search, then don't do the search. Not sure if this is
>> helpful,
>> However, when I tried
>> <?lc
>> start session
>> put "test" into $_SESSION["keyword"]
>> put $_SESSION[keyword]
>> stop session
>> ?>
>> and the server returned the error
>>
>> file "/home/pba/public_html/lifelinesearch.lc"
>>    row 2, col 1:
>>
>> This snippet is at the very top of the page, so row 2 is "start session."
>>
>> Am I misundertanding the syntax of 'session'?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> use-livecode mailing list
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
>> subscription preferences:
>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
>>
>