Session variables does not work

[Anon]

Hi all,
I developed a site on my development server which has extensive use of session variables. Everything worked well until I transfered the site to a different server. The codes doesn't change but all session variables don't work anymore.

This is an example of how I define session variables:
first page:

session_name("MySession");
session_start();
session_register("Maccess");
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS["Maccess"] = "test";
...

second page:

session_start();
echo "Maccess value: " . $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["Maccess"];

This will output only
Maccess value:

My question is why would this work on one server but not the other. I checked the php.ini file and they are both set the same way.

I appreciate any help and thanks in advance.
Anh

[quicknik]

Hi,

create a <? phpinfo ()?>
file on both servers an compare
the seetings.
I maybe that there have been set options at
compile time.

bye,
Niko

[Anon]

Thanks Niko, I'll give it a try. I have tried the ini_get function and the results don't match my settings in the php.ini file. I'm suspecting that the php.ini file is in the wrong folder. Currently it's in /usr/local/lib (this is where I have it on my development server and it works), where should I put it? I tried /usr/local/bin too but it is not reading that either. Any help is appreciated!
Anh

[Anon]

I reinstalled PHP. The configuration path points to the correct location, but the results in the <? phpinfo ()?> file still don't match my php.ini file. What is wrong here? All my changes in the php.ini file don't take effect at all. I'm clueless at this point! Help please!!!
Anh

[quicknik]

Hi,
could you send me the phpinfo() output + your php.ini to give me a deeper view in ?

bye,
Niko

[Anon]

Hi Niko,
Restarted apache and everything works now. Strange it is but I'm glad the mess is over. Thanks for your help 🙂
Anh