session problems in win2k

[designmonster]

Hi everybody,

I'm using PHP 4.2.1 on a windows 2000 machine. Everything works fine, until I tried using session variables.

In the php.ini file I changed:
session.save_path = C:/WINNT/temp/

The code I'm using is very simple:
<?
session_start();
session_register("test");
$test= "Hello";
?>

I tried the same code on my UNIX host and it works totally fine. But on my windows machine it doesn't work.
Is there anything else I need to change, or switch? Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks.

[a-kok]

From PHP version 4.1.1 or later register_globals will be set to Off in your php.ini as default. Your code will only work when register_globals=On.

You may of course chanche your php.ini, but if yor UNIX host have a version of PHP 4.1.0 or later you better change your way of coding sessions:

To set/change a session variable:

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['test'] = "Hello";
?>

To fetch a session variable:

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

To unset a session variable:

<?php
session_start();
unset($_SESSION['test']);
?>

To kill the session:

session_start();
$_SESSION = array();
session_destroy();
?>

If you have register_globals=On the unset() will not work unless that you kill your session at the same time. In this case you have to use session_unregister(). This is a reported bug and will hopefully be fixed in PHP ver 4.3.

Read more about sessions in the manual: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php

[designmonster]

Hey it worked. Thanks, you've been a great help. I appreciate it.