Bug #16625 Updated: isset not working

ID: 16625 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: scoutt@webspaz.net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Session related Operating System: win98 PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: The bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. For a list of a range of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-15 15:43:32] scoutt@webspaz.net From a simple login page to a members page works fine. writes teh session variables no prob, but if you get redirected back to the memebers page the if (isset($username)) doesn't work it goes right to the login page, even thought the session still exist and you can echo the username to the screen, but if you change it to if (isset($_SESSION['username'])) it works just fine. now if I run that if statement on a *nix machine with the same version of php (4.1.2) it will not work and I have to use the isset($username) function. win98se apache 1.xx I can't remember php 4.1.2 binaries //if (isset($_SESSION['username'])) { if (isset($username)){ //if (!isset($_SESSION['passw2'])){ if (!isset($passw2)){ $pass = md5($pass); $sql = "select userid, name, pass from $usr_tbl where name = '$username'"; $result_check = mysql_query ($sql); $num_check = mysql_num_rows($result_check); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result_check)) { $name= $row["name"]; $userid= $row["userid"]; $passw2 = $row["pass"]; } session_register('userid','username','passw2'); } //start members page here }else{ //login page here. } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16625&edit=1