PHP - Hold Session variable from Select Option box to every page -

i seem having problem , after hours of searching , messing different ideas can't seem come seems simple php session problem select options menu.

all want simple have selected hotel name dropdown hold till changed, , goes every page. thought, of yea lets use sessions. doesn't seem work keeps refreshing data. here code, , maybe 1 of guys can come solution. appreciate it!

we using json file populate menu using curl call data , decode json.

here dropdown code:

<select id="hotelselected" name="hotelselected"> <?php sort($hotelname); foreach($hotelname $value): echo '<option value="'.$value.'"'.ucfirst($value).'</option>'; endforeach; ?> </select> 

and tried create session doing this:

$_session['hotelname'] = $hotelname; 

and need session carry on every page. , possibly echo on pages possibly using this:

echo $_session['hotelname']; 

any appreciated or redirect me forum can fix problem. thank guys!

you should use session_start(); @ top of every php file uses sessions. if have form contains select tag , after submitting form should use $_post['hotelselected'] grabbing tha value of option selected user.

edit 1:

    <select id="hotelselected" name="hotelselected">     <?php     sort($hotelname);     foreach($hotelname $key=>$value):     echo '<option value=($_session['hotelname'][$key]):"'.$_session['hotelname'][$key].'"'.ucfirst($_session['hotelname'][$key]).'?"'.$value.'"'.ucfirst($value).'</option>';     endforeach; ?>     </select> <?php     $_session['hotelname']=$hotelname;