Passing session variables...

I'm trying to learn how to use sessions, but there is one thing I don't understand. In 'page1.php' I have this code:

<?php

session_start();

$HTTP_SESSION_VARS['test'] = "yes";

header("Location: page2.php");

?>

In 'page2.php' I have this code:

<?php
session_start();
?>
<!-- All usual html code here -->
<?php

echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['test'];

?>
<!-- All usual html code here -->

In page2.php nothing shows up... Why?

If I put everything (except the header!) in one file, then it works just fine...

$HTTP_SESSION_VARS is deprecated and the super globals are preferred $_SESSION['session_var'], but I don't think this is the problem.

I had a similiar problem once when my disk space was getting very limited and there were a lot of file handles open in Debian with Apache.

Frustrating isn't it ???!!!

Very!