Variables Not Staying Set

...slightly in regards to my last email. I have a database query which requires a variable ( $USER[$id]["cbannerID"] ) to be equal to the ID of the current banner being viewed. If you've come to the page for the first time my script gives that variable a default value of -1 . if(!isset($USER[$id]["cbannerID"])) $USER[$id]["cbannerID"] = -1; However the variable does not hold that value. So in my SQL statement it prints nothing returning a SQL statement error. I then tried this just or a test purposes...on a separate php page. $USER[5]['test'] = 1; echo $USER[5]['test']; Nothing gets returned either. Please note that this works on my local Win2k machine, however when I upload it my FreeBSD machine it does not work. I'm guessing it has something to do with my PHP installation. Currently the machine is running Apache 1.3.26 and PHP 4.1.2 (going to upgrade soon but also note my Windows machine is running the same ver. Of PHP). Any ideas? - Matthew /************************************************************** Matthew Metnetsky met@uberstats.com **************************************************************/