note 16366 added to ref.session

Hi everyone, i have read a lot concerning php4 sessions (without cookies) and it seems to be clear to me now, but i missed a point : i have a login page (user_id and password) session_start(); session_register("password"); session_register("user_id"); then my SQL query to check if the input are correct then redirection to the page if authenfication is ok. then to secure my second page, i start with <? session_start(); //i check in the session if user_id and password aare stored if ($user_id && $ $password) { put my page code here } else { redirection to login page } after reading all the notes on this site it seems that session_start() has to be mentionned to check if the vars stored are ok. But when i look to my temp folder where are stored the temporary files of session, i see session files empty with session_files with my vars. What about this ? If on each page to protect i have to put the line session_start(), i will have lots of empty sessions files near the correct session file. Is there a another solution ? thanks for yor contribution -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+16366 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+16366 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+16366