sessions using php/apache in win

[Anon]

I have an annoying problem...

I have two very basic php pages. I want to have a variable passed from the first page to the second. I use sessions with start-session() and all. Still it doesn't work. The pages look something like this.

first.php

<?php
start_session();
session_register("test");
$test="hello";
?>

<a href="second.php">to second page</a>

second.php

<?php
start session();
echo$test;
?>
The output of the second file is blank. When I look in my temp catalogue I can see the sessionfile there and stored in it is the $test variable so it seems to be saved alright. Also when I print the session_id() from both pages I get the same ID. So that can't be the problem. I think the problem is somehow related to the fact that I use a windows system. Can it be an init problem?

[rohithmr]

OK try dis:

You must define the value of the variable that you are going to register in a session BEFORE actually registering it.

So our new code wil be:

first.php

<?php
start_session();
$test="hello";
session_register("test");
?>
<a href="second.php">to second page</a>

second.php

<?php
start session();
echo $_SESSION['test'];
?>

[Anon]

r O h I t H wrote:

OK try dis:

You must define the value of the variable that you are going to register in a session BEFORE actually registering it.

So our new code wil be:

first.php

<?php
start_session();
$test="hello";
session_register("test");
?>
<a href="second.php">to second page</a>

second.php

<?php
start session();
echo $_SESSION['test'];
?>

---

It's session_start(); -> not start_session(); ;-)

New style PHP coding:

1st page:
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION["test"] = "hello";
?>
<a href="second.php">to second page</a>

2nd page:
<?php
session_start();
echo $_SESSION["test"];
?>