Re: Trouble with session_register

I found I needed to put session_register (here session_register("test")) on each page I wanted to get the value of the session variable. Andy > 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 > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net