PHP 4.0 Bug #8588: CODE of: Session does not work outside the folder it was created in

From: neville_lewis@yahoo.com Operating system: Windows 95 PHP version: 4.0.4 PHP Bug Type: *Session related Bug description: CODE of: Session does not work outside the folder it was created in I have started a session in a file in one folder however when that page calls another file in another folder then the session variable does not carry.... I am using the session_start() statement in every page in the other folder ..... It works fine with all the files in the same folder that the session was started in, but when it comes to the files in any other folder it does not work...... I am using php4 with Apache on win95 downloaded from php4win.de If anyone knows about this problem or knows where I can get an answer to it please contact me at neville_lewis@yahoo.com I want to write one login script for my site and keep it in one folder and call that in all the pages in various folders..... Thanks Neville Lewis. CODE below is of the two files in the 2 different folders The variable $val is registered in "f1_file1.php" and gets printed in "f1_file2.php" BUT NOT IN "f2_file1.php" Tell me what is wrong here ? I am using php4, Apache, windows95 =================================== FOLDER: /www/session/f1/ FILE: "f1_file1.php" <?session_start(); $val="Hello val"; session_register("val"); echo "session registered"; ?> ----------------------------------- FILE: "f1_file2.php" <?session_start(); echo "displaying session val in SAME FOLDER below<br>"; echo $val; ?> ===================================== FOLDER: /www/session/f2/ FILE: "f2_file1.php" <?session_start(); echo "displaying session val in DIFFERENT FOLDER below<br>"; echo $val; ?> -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8588&edit=1