Update SESSION variable

Question

I have the following code in index.php:

<div class="done">
        <b>Thank you<?php
             echo $_SESSION['session_vname']." "; 
             echo $_SESSION['session_lname']."! </b><br><br>Email: ";
             echo $_SESSION['session_email']."<br> Status: ";
             echo $_SESSION['session_status']."<br>";

        ?>
    </div>

and

<div class="form">
        <form method="post" action="process.php">
            <div class="element">
                <label>First Name</label>
                <input type="text" name="vname" class="text" />
            </div>
            <div class="element">
                <label>Last Name</label>
                <input type="text" name="lname" class="text" />
            </div>
            <div class="element">
                <label>Email</label>
                <input type="text" name="email" class="text" />
            </div>
            <div class="element">
                <label>Status</label>
                <input type="text" name="status" class="text" />
            </div>
            <div class="element">
                <input type="submit" id="submit"/>
                <div class="loading"></div>
            </div>
        </form>
    </div>

I execute the form with an ajax submit so the index.php gets no refresh. When finished gets a fadeOut and a fadeIn.

This works fine except for the following part:

When div class="form" is shown, it shows the session variable from the form before the last submit.

Example:

first input: session_vname = testa

first output $_SESSION['session_vname'] = nothing

second input: session_vname = overflow

second output $_SESSION['session_vname'] = testa

So finally the question:

How can I force the to update the session variables after form submitting also index.php is not reloaded?

Ranty · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-20 16:58:19Z

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PHP code is executed on server side, before the page is shown to the viewer. That means you need to update static elements with JavaScript if you don't want to refresh the whole page.

answered Nov 20, 2012 at 16:58

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Jay Rizzi · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-20 17:01:35Z

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You cant update server side php sessions using javascript, you should be using cookies for that type of functionality

answered Nov 20, 2012 at 17:01

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