note 16801 added to function.session-start

You are all declaring: ---------------------- session01.php ---------------------- <?php session_start(); ... ?> ---------------------- session02.php ---------------------- <?php session_start(); ... ?> I have found it NECESSARY to redeclare session_name() as follows: ---------------------- session01.php ---------------------- <?php session_name("Foo"); session_start(); ... ?> ---------------------- session02.php ---------------------- <?php session_name("Foo"); session_start(); ... ?> I give you the case of session01.php whose form calls session02.php. In session02.php, I include session02.inc to display an image when session02.php?display=1 <?php if(!$displayimage) { //display html text and <img src="session02.php?display=1"> //somewhere on the page }else{ include ("session02.inc");//display just the image } ?> I found by the school of hard knocks that you need both: session_name("Foo"); session_start(); I had to declare session_name and session_start in session01.php session02.php AND session02.inc to pass data correctly. If not session02.php?display=1 received nothing, even if it could spit back the session_id, even if it was included in session02.php. I made the mistake of believing because session02.php?display=1 was receiving data that session02.php received. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+16801 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+16801 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+16801