accessing $_SESSION when using file_get_contents in PHP
- by hairdresser-101
I am basic - intermediate developer using php and am a little stumped as to what I have found.
I need some help in understanding how to alleviate this issue:
I have a page called send.email.php which sends an email - pretty simple stuff - I pass an order id, it creates job request and sends it out. This works fine when used in the context I developed it (Use javascript to make an AJAX call to the URL and pass the order_id as a query parameter)
I am now trying to reuse the exact same page in another application however I am calling it using php file_get_contents($base_url.'admin/send.email.php?order_id='.$order_id). When I call the page this way, the $_SESSION array is empty isempty() = 1.
Is this because I am initiating a new session using file_get_contents and the values I stored in the $_SESSION on login are not available to me within there?
Any help?
Thanks
