Session weirdness

Hi, Contrary to the manual, the elements of HTTP_SESSION_VARS *don't* actually seem to be referenced to the corresponding global var. For example: ------------------------------------------------ session_register("gold_testcounter"); print "test is : "; print $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["gold_testcounter"]; print " | $gold_testcounter<br>\n"; $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["gold_testcounter"]=42; print "test is : "; print $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["gold_testcounter"]; print "| $gold_testcounter<br>\n"; $gold_testcounter = 69; print "test is : "; print $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["gold_testcounter"]; print "| $gold_testcounter<br>\n"; ------------------------------------------------ Gives: test is : | test is : 42| test is : 42| 69 What's up? Am I reading the manual correctly? Version 4.0.1pl2, apache, register_globals = on, track_vars = on. -- Simon Edwards Animated Design, Melbourne http://www.animated.net.au/ Ph: (03) 98850990