Trouble with session_register

Hi, I tried to use the session_register -Function but I can`t get it working. Im running: PHP4.0.1pl2 Apache 1.3.12 Linux 2.2.13-SMP (SuSE 6.3) (1024 MB RAM, 2x700 PIII, RAID 10 Array) this is what I did: ------------------------------------- file: test1.php <?php session_start(); echo session_id(); $test = "Session test.."; session_register("test"); ?> file: test2.php <?php session_start(); echo session_id(); ?> <br> <?php echo $test; ?> ------------------------------------ test2.php doesn`t print out the value of $test...... but the session_id() function works... (it prints out the same value on both pages) I checked php.ini: ------------------------------------ [Session] session.save_handler = files ; handler used to store/retrieve data session.save_path = /tmp ; argument passed to save_handler ; in the case of files, this is the ; path where data files are stored session.use_cookies = 1 ; whether to use cookies session.name = PHPSESSID ; name of the session ; is used as cookie name session.auto_start = 0 ; initialize session on request startup session.cookie_lifetime = 0 ; lifetime in seconds of cookie ; or if 0, until browser is restarted session.cookie_path = / ; the path the cookie is valid for session.cookie_domain = ; the domain the cookie is valid for session.serialize_handler = php ; handler used to serialize data ; php is the standard serializer of PHP session.gc_probability = 1 ; percentual probability that the ; 'garbage collection' process is started ; on every session initialization session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440 ; after this number of seconds, stored ; data will be seen as 'garbage' and ; cleaned up by the gc process session.referer_check = ; check HTTP Referer to invalidate ; externally stored URLs containing ids session.entropy_length = 0 ; how many bytes to read from the file session.entropy_file = ; specified here to create the session id ; session.entropy_length = 16 ; session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom session.cache_limiter = nocache ; set to {nocache,private,public} to ; determine HTTP caching aspects session.cache_expire = 180 ; document expires after n minutes ------------------------------------------- What have I done wrong? regards, Martin Lilienthal