Starting and using sessions in PHP - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to start a session in PHP.

PHP

<?php
[1];
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Astart_session()

Bsession_start()

Cbegin_session()

Dsession_begin()

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect function names like start_session() or session_begin()

Forgetting the parentheses after the function name

In PHP, session_start() is used to start a new session or resume an existing one.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to set a session variable named 'user' with value 'Alice'.

PHP

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION[[1]] = 'Alice';
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'user'

B'username'

C'name'

D'id'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using keys like 'username' or 'name' instead of 'user'

Forgetting quotes around the key

The session variable key should be 'user' to match the requirement.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly start a session and set a variable.

PHP

<?php
[1];
$_SESSION['count'] = 1;
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Astart_session()

Bbegin_session()

Csession_begin()

Dsession_start()

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect function names

Missing parentheses

The correct function to start a session is session_start(). Other options are invalid.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to check if a session variable 'logged_in' is set and true.

PHP

<?php
session_start();
if (isset($_SESSION[1]) && $_SESSION[2] === true) {
    echo 'User is logged in';
}
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A['logged_in']

B['login']

D['user']

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using different keys in the two blanks

Using keys like 'login' or 'user' instead of 'logged_in'

To check the session variable 'logged_in', use ['logged_in'] in both places.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to start a session, set 'role' to 'admin', and then print it.

PHP

<?php
[1];
$_SESSION[2] = 'admin';
echo $_SESSION[3];
?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Asession_start()

B['role']

Dsession_begin()

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong function to start session

Using different keys for setting and printing

Forgetting quotes around the key

Start the session with session_start(), then use the key 'role' in square brackets to set and print the session variable.