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Hi all,

I am converting a script that I wrote for a friend into a Joomla component for her new Joomla site 

The script in PHP uses header() redirects and also uses $_SESSION to carry data from page to page.

My problem: I don't have a dev environment so I can't just test to see how Joomla handles these. (Looonnnggg story).  I am also new to OOP . So I have some confusion..well a lot of confusion. 

Anyway:

I would like to do this
$_SESSION['myVariable']=$_POST['sentValue'];

I need to add info from a form into a session variable to so that it's available throughout the script.
and also

if(!$testValue){
header('Location:compontentHomePageFile');
exit;
}
If a testfails I need to send the user back tot he form to fill out the info.

My question is: as these are written are they usable in the  Joomla 1.0X  environment? Or is there some sort of class (like the database class) that I need to call. If so what is it? Sorry I am lost in the docs.

Thanks for your patience and your help.

Gen

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