Push MYSQL table onto another PHP page - php

Question

I have two PHP pages. On page1 a temporary table is created and filled with data from a mysql database. I am trying to store this table into a $_SESSION variable so that I can put the table onto page2.
Right now this has been my approach:
This is the code on page1:
//Select data from database
$result = mysqli_query($mysqli,"SELECT * FROM table");
//Set array
$array = array();
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
// add each row returned into an array
$array[] = $row;
}
//store array into session variable
$_SESSION['fase1result'] = $array;
This is the code on page2:
$table = $_SESSION['fase1result'];
echo "<table border='1'>
<tr>
<th>ProductID</th>
<th>ProductName</th>
<th>Fase1</th>
</tr>";
foreach ($table as $row)
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['ProductID'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['ProductName'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['Fase1'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
Unfortunately, up until now these scripts return me an empty table on page2. Help would be greatly appreciated!
UPDATE:
Best thing for me would be to preserve the temporary table as is, so that I'm able to further manipulate it with MySQL queries on page 2. Do you know how to do that instead of ripping it apart by pulling the data into a php array? Sorry for mixing up this question a little bit.

Answer 1

You need to call session_start() before using any session-related facilities.
session_start();
$_SESSION['fase1result'] = $array;
then
session_start();
$table = $_SESSION['fase1result'];
Note that in most cases you need to call session_start() before any output, since it typically needs to send Cookie: headers to the client browser unless you have configured a different means of session persistence. Failing to do so can result in "header already sent" errors.

Answer 2

As tgies already pointed out, you need to have your session intialized.
Furthermore you use mysql_fetch_assoc() eventhough you're using mysqli (at least for the query), use while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) or themysqli_fetch_assoc function (note the i).
Edit: There are several other options, but in most cases storing the data in a single, persistent table and identify it via an id in $_SESSION is a good way.