note 60409 added to function.session-start

Here is another way of losing session variables (not complete sessions): I kept loosing *some* session variables controlling logins, but most of the session vars stayed intact. After nearly going crazy, I discovered that the web host had register_globals ON. That meant that each time I assigned a variable with the same name as a session variable, the session variable changed too! For example: $_SESSION['id'] = 100; $id = 0; echo $_SESSION['id']; // This prints 0, not 100! If some of your session vars dissappear or change mysteriously, look out for register_globals = ON !!! ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+60409 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60409&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60409&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60409&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60409&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60409&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60409&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60409&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+60409&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php