problems with sessions (not working)

I have a file called miec.php that does quite a lot of processing and then include()s user_track.inc.php... miec.php: -------- <? a lot of db processing .... (NO OUTPUT whatsoever) include("user_track.inc.php"); UserTrack($products); the output starts here... ?> user_track.inc.php: ------------------ <? session_start(); function UserTrack($products) { global $prod_views; if( !session_is_registered("prod_views") ) { fill the $prod_views array, serialize it... session_register("prod_views"); // I've tested the code above... and session_register returns TRUE and I saw the session file... } else { do other stuff with the prod_views array } } ?> the problem is.... why does it NEVER go into the 'else'... it seems that the session is registered... but as soon as I refresh the page the session is lost... why? _____________________________ . Christian Dechery . . Gaita-L Owner / Web Developer . . http://www.webstyle.com.br . . http://www.tanamesa.com.br