Session and Register Global off in PHP 4.3.0

[hkucsis]

Hi,

I am developing web with PHP 4.3.0 under win2k environment. I set register_globals = off.

Now I have two simple pages.

====Session.php=======
<?
$_SESSION["user_name"] = "michael" ;

if (isset($SESSION["user_name"]))
{
echo "User name:" . $SESSION["user_name"] ;
}
else
{
echo "User name not set." ;
}
?>

====Session2.php=======
<?
if (isset($SESSION["user_name"]))
{
echo "User name:" . $SESSION["user_name"] ;
}
else
{
echo "User name not set." ;
}
?>

I visit session.php, then session2.php.

I got "User name:michael" in session.php but "User name not set." in session2.php.

I expect the $_SESSION["user_name"] should be available in both pages...

What's the problem?

Thanks in advance.

[xblue]

did you start the session?
there should be a call to session_start() at the beginning of each script that uses sessions.

[hkucsis]

Thanks for your reply. Problem solved. I always forget the session_start() since I learn ASP first, then PHP.