Re: Problem with sessions.

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:43:10 -0700, Mike Hillyer <m.hillyer@telusplanet.net> wrote:

Hello All; Please forgive me if I am repeating an often asked question, but I am having a problem with sessions. I simply cannot get them to work. The sample code I provide works on another server perfectly, this is the first page: <?PHP session_start(); session_register("name","pass"); $name = "hilde"; $pass = "mypassword"; echo "<h1>Session variables set!</h1>"; echo "<a href=\"page2.php\">go to next page</a>"; ?> When called, the following file arrives in /tmp: sess_f9c5e87b35ae66eac64a9a346321b269 name|s:5:"hilde";pass|s:10:"mypassword"; So obviously the session file is being created. However, when I go to page2.php?PHPSESSID=f9c5e87b35ae66eac64a9a346321b269 Which has this code: <?PHP session_start(); echo "<h1>The password of $name is $pass </h1>"; ?> I get "The Password of is " As a response. Both pages work perfectly on another server, so I am having trouble finding the problem, especially since the session file is actually created in /tmp My PHP.ini file is standard to a RedHat RPM install, but I will include it as an attachment. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Mike Hillyer

Sounds like one server has registered globals on, and the other doesn't. Try changing your print statement like this: print '<h1>The password of ' . $_SESSION['name'] is ' . $_SESSION['pass'] . '</h1>'; If you were displaying all errors and *warnings* (error_reporting (E_ALL)), it would have caught something like this. -- sasha