$_SESSION problem

akravets

Hello,

I am noticing something strange happening when I use $SESSION object. On one page I set session, on next I display it. The problem is that too often on a second page value of my $SESSION variable is not displayed.
Any suggestions?

sess.php

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['test'] = "HELLO";
header("Location: sess2.php");
?>

sess2.php

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

/alex

dalecosp

Works fine here. Check your session path and make sure that
it is writeable by the web server...?

HTH,

akravets

how do I do that? Also, sometimes I do get session value on next page, so it's kind of random.

dalecosp

If you're the owner, read php.ini for the path and check the dir it lists as the session path for permissions. If you're not the owner, you'll likely need to talk to him/her/them.

Of course, your point that the problem is inconsistent raises some difficulties, doesn't it? The script you've quoted above, for example, doesn't ALWAYS work??

akravets

well, I posted similar question to other forums, and people say that php 4.1.2 has problems with sessions. Later versions I guess fix this problem. I need to talk to my web host provider about uprgrading, but not sure if it's going to be easy.