try_session1

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<?php 
    session_start();
?>

<!-- if using cookie-based sessions, must do above before ANY
       output sent to browser, according to
       http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php 
       ... even <html>, even a blank line!!!!
-->

<html>

<!-- try_session1.php
     
     adapted from example from www.php.net manual,
	http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php
     adapted by: Sharon Tuttle
     last modified: 4-18-06
-->

<head>
    <title> playing with PHP sessions </title>
</head>

<body>
    <h2> playing with PHP sessions </h2>    

    <?php
        // Use $HTTP_SESSION_VARS with PHP 4.0.6 or less

        if (!isset($_SESSION['count'])) 
        {
            $_SESSION['count'] = 0;
        } 
        else 
        {
            $_SESSION['count']++;
        }

        echo "count variable for this session is: ".$_SESSION['count'];
    ?> 

</body>
</head>