[Resolved] session_start() issues

Robby_G

I suspect that my session or cookie set up is messed up. I cannot pass variables from one page to another without using them in an href statement.

here is the simple code I'm trying to run to test things:

1st page:

<? session_start(); ?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<? 

$test = "HI there!"; 
session_register($test); ?>
<a href=nextpage.php><font color="#CC0000">link</font></a> 
</body>
</html>

2nd page:

<? 
session_start();
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<? 

echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["test"]; 
?> 
</body>
</html>

also,
I am seeing session cookies appear in my folder:
D:\tmp
but I wonder if the second page is accessing that or can see it? what other variables in my php.ini will affect this? thanks

leatherback

Hi,

Try:
session_register(test)
instead

Robby_G

still doesn't work.

the contents of my session file are now:

test|N;

scoppc

<?php
session_start()
session_register("test");
$_SESSION['test']="value assigned";
print $_SESSION['test'];
?>

Robby_G

yeah, but will that work between pages? thats my whole problem!

higate

I remove the old php folder and php.ini in windows folder and then I install the
new php "php4.3.2" http://www.php.net/get/php-4.3.2-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror

Problem fixed.