Setting sessions with no global vars

[Anon]

How do you initalise and update session variables if you have to place then in an array such as $HTTP*VARS.

When I use the below code to initalise my session, it always enters it every time and resets the value. So I presume I'm doing something wrong.

if (!isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS[SESSION_USER])){ $HTTP_SERVER_VARS[SESSION_USER] = "new";
}

Any suggestions ?

P.S . Apache Config. has register_globals Off and register_argc_argv is Off

[Anon]

i dont use the php session stuff, but i believe it's HTTP_SESSION_VARS. and, i think you gotta set them with php functions, rather than through the HTTP_SESSION_VARS array - look up session in the manual