Empty $_SESSION and $_POST ??

I've switched "register_globals=off" and "register_argc_argv=off" in php.ini to use $_SESSION and/or $_POST. All my code had been written using $var Unfortunately, I cannot seem to access the arrays in either $_SESSION and $_POST. I've set each page to start with <?php session_start(); ob_start(); ?> since I'm also processing the variables from an input html form. Below that, on my first page the " if (!isset($_SESSION['count'] . . . " Everything seems to work OK until I try to access, on my last page, 'confirm-guest.php' which attempts to capture either the session variables or the posted variables from the previous two pages. Whenever I try: print("$_SESSION['sfname']); or print("$_POST['scity'] I get a parse error "expecting 'T_STRING' . . ." -- obviously there's nothing in the array or I haven't set it. Problem is how do you set the "variables", as in $_POST['sfname'] -- I thought that it would pick them up automatically from the text input. Btw, I retained these satements (which could be the problem): $sfname = $_POST['sfname']; Since when I tried to use $_POST['sfname'] in the scipt I got the same parse error as above. I'm REALLY confused about the whole session thing -- I don't know where else to read up on it -- I've scoured PHP.net, Zend, PHPBuilder -- and I've followed what they said, but . . . Can anyone enlighten me on what I'm doing wrong, or where my thinking is amiss? I'd greatly appreciate any help. Tia, Andre -- Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. Remember in your prayers the Holy Souls in Purgatory. May God bless you abundantly in His love! For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet: http://www.webhart.net/csrb/