Session problems

[Rory]

(This is a cross-post to the Linux help forum - I'm desperate!).

I am trying to get sessions working on Linux, Apache 1.3.26 and PHP 4.1.2 (Debian testing).

<?php
$page=$_COOKIE['hits'];
setcookie('hits', ++$page);
echo $page;
?>

works as expected. However

<?php
session_start();
session_register('hits');
++$hits;
echo $hits;
?>

simply produces the number 1 after reloading the page several times.
The session_id() function registers a valid session code (I can find the session file in my /tmp directory).

Any ideas? I'm really in a fix!
Thanks for any help.
Rory

[intenz]

Try...

session_start();
$_SESSION['hits'] = 1;
$_SESSION['hits']++;
echo $_SESSION['hits'];

[Rory]

Originally posted by intenz
Try...

session_start();
$_SESSION['hits'] = 1;
$_SESSION['hits']++;
echo $_SESSION['hits'];

[/B]

Unfortunately this doesn't work with either $_SESSION or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS.

I get a session file with

nums|i:1;

after running the following code:

session_register('nums');
$nums += 1;
echo $nums;
echo "<HR>";
echo session_id();
echo "<HR>";
print_r($HTTP_SESSION_VARS);

This code prints (every time):

1

ca68f9fc2aac924f7b24c7b7a2bc277f

(nothing).

Interestingly the first time I run this code the HTTP_SESSION_VARS dump shows Array(). After that it is blank.

[Rory]

Sorry for all the trouble - upgrading to debian testing (powerpc) 4.2.1-6 from -5 solves all problems.

Thanks for everyone's help.
Rory