playing with sessions...

Hello, an overview of sessions in 4.1.0RC3 (compiled with --enable-trans-sid) -> register_globals = off session_is_registered() will return true but $_SESSION and $HTTP_SESSION_VARS are empty. This is unusable. -> register_globals = on + session.use_cookie = off Loose session when used on multiple pages. Single page works OK. This configuration requires setting "?".session_name()."=".session_id() on links for multiple pages sessions. -> register_globals = on + session.use_cookie = on Works well with both single and multiple pages (if the client accepts cookies). Warning for those used to register_globals = off : *ALL* session variables should be registered just after session_start(). If you don't do that, you may set a global $var that will OVERRIDE $_SESSION['var'] which is not true with register_globals = off. Example : <?php session_start(); if (!session_is_registered('count')) session_register('count'); if (!session_is_registered('test')) session_register('test'); $count = NULL; // Will override $_SESSION['count'] !!! // Instead you have to do : $test = $_SESSION['test']; // which is empty by default, overriding any globals sent by client. echo ++$count.":".++$test; ?> or you can use : <?php /* this was adapted from the manual */ function session_init_var($var,$val) { if (!session_is_registered($var)) { global $var; $var = $val; return session_register($var); } } ?> hellekin