Dreamweaver

Define session variables

You can use session variables to store and display information maintained for the duration of a user’s visit (or session). The server creates a different session object for each user and maintains it for a set period of time or until the object is explicitly terminated.

Before defining session variables for a page, you must create them in the source code. After you create a session variable in the web application’s source code, you can use Dreamweaver to retrieve its value and use it in a web page.

  1. Create a session variable in the source code, and assign a value to it.

    For example, this ColdFusion example instantiates a session called username, and assigns it the value Cornelius:

    <CFSET session.username = Cornelius>
  2. Select Window > Bindings to display the Bindings panel.
  3. Click the Plus (+) button, and select Session Variable from the pop‑up menu.
  4. Enter the name of the variable you defined in the application’s source code, and click OK.