Storage $_SESSION['user'] on a var

Question

Is it possible to store a literal string saying: $_SESSION[user] in a var?

I tried

$user = "$_SESSION['user']";

But that resulted in an error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '' (T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE)

Then I tried:

$user = "$_SESSION[user]";

If I echo $user i get a number 19, why?

Why do I need this? Because I'm using fwrite so I'm creating a new PHP file with an HTML that I already wrote, so my code its something like:

if (isset($_POST['nameofph'])) {

  $fname = fopen($_POST['nameofph'].'.php','w+');
  fwrite($fname, $fdata);
  fclose($fname);
}

I do not know if I explain it well, the point is I need to store that "string" in the var $user.

Is the $_SESSION['user'] getting stored as a string? did u check that .. — Tredged, Dec 11 '15 at 12:32
`$user = "$_SESSION['user']";` or use `$user = $_SESSION['user']; ` should work `$user = "$_SESSION[user]"; ` is totally wrong. — Prafulla Kumar Sahu, Dec 11 '15 at 12:34
People desperate for accepted answers @PrafullaKumarSahu lol — Tredged, Dec 11 '15 at 12:39
@Tredged I think this can be flagged as off-topic for the problem that can not be produced or small spelling mistake — Prafulla Kumar Sahu, Dec 11 '15 at 12:41

Muhammad Hassaan · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-11T13:05:46.100

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You can store $_SESSION["user"] as string into variable by using single quote at start & end and double quote before INDEX.

Try

$user = '$_SESSION["user"]';

DEMO

edited Dec 11 '15 at 13:05

answered Dec 11 '15 at 12:30

Muhammad Hassaan

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is he really going to use single quote here `'$_SESSION["user"]' `? I do not see it is going to work.single does not parse variable, you need no quotes or double quotes . – Prafulla Kumar Sahu Dec 11 '15 at 12:32
Down votes for what? – Muhammad Hassaan Dec 11 '15 at 12:34
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You are again wrong . – Prafulla Kumar Sahu Dec 11 '15 at 12:35
THANKS, that solved my problem, and @PrafullaKumarSahu that was the point, i didnt need parse a var, i just needed that "string". – Gil Dec 11 '15 at 12:35
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so why you need to put any quote just use `$_SESSION["user"]` or `$_SESSION['user']` . that's is enough. – Prafulla Kumar Sahu Dec 11 '15 at 12:38
@PrafullaKumarSahu I have added demo link into my question. – Muhammad Hassaan Dec 11 '15 at 12:42
what your demo is doing is trating the $_SESSION['user'] as string. – Prafulla Kumar Sahu Dec 11 '15 at 12:42
@PrafullaKumarSahu yes it is. You can see `$_SESSION["user"]` as output string. – Muhammad Hassaan Dec 11 '15 at 12:45
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@PrafullaKumarSahu OP wants to store `$_SESSION["user"]` as value of variable not value of `$_SESSION["user"]` as value of variable. – Muhammad Hassaan Dec 11 '15 at 12:48
@Gil I'm glad it works for you. You can click on trick mark if you found my answer useful. – Muhammad Hassaan Dec 11 '15 at 12:52
@Hassaan now, I think may be you are correct , can you edit your answer , I will remove my down vote there. – Prafulla Kumar Sahu Dec 11 '15 at 12:57
@PrafullaKumarSahu i have updated my answer. – Muhammad Hassaan Dec 11 '15 at 13:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 11 '15 at 12:30

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You have to do this to store session value into a variable

$user = (string)$_SESSION['user'];

answered Dec 11 '15 at 12:30

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 11 '15 at 12:43

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What about..

$user = "\$_SESSION[user]";

answered Dec 11 '15 at 12:43

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Storage $_SESSION['user'] on a var

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