Bug #18559: Session variables not stored when register_globals is off

From: jensen@byu.edu Operating system: Windows 2000 PHP version: 4.2.2 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: Session variables not stored when register_globals is off I discovered this earlier today, and then while reading through the user comments under "Session handling functions" looking for a solution, I discovered I wasn't the only one with the same problem. Here it is: When register_globals is off (as it should be), under Win2K, Apache 1.3.26, PHP 4.2.2, I cannot for the life of me get session variables to work as they should. I've read the documentation thoroughly, and can't find a solution. Here's some sample code (which incidentally runs perfectly fine on my other web server - Linux, Apache 1.3.26, PHP 4.2.1) --- page1.php ----------------------- <? session_start(); $_SESSION['sess_var'] = "Hello World!"; echo "The content of session variable is "; echo $_SESSION['sess_var']; ?> <a href = "page2.php">Next page</a> ------------------------------------- This file outputs correctly what is expected. But next file does not... --- page2.php ----------------------- <? session_start(); if (isset($_SESSION['sess_var'])) { $sess_var = $_SESSION['sess_var']; echo "The content of \$sess_var is $sess_var"; } else echo "The session variable does not exist! "; ?> So is this a bug specific to PHP 4.2.2? Or only Win 2K? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Incidentally, ever since I upgraded from 4.2.0, IE won't display several of my PHP scripts, while Netscape and Opera will... Hmmm. All I get is an "Internal Server Error" message... Any suggestions would be great. -Jon -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18559&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18559&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18559&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18559&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18559&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18559&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18559&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18559&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18559&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18559&r=globals