registering sesions ???

[Mark_Nordstrom]

<?
session_start();

include('Connections/nto.php');

$gm = $_POST['gm']; 
$pass = $_POST['pass'];

if ((!$gm) || (!$pass)) { 
    header("location:login.php");
	exit(); 
} 

if (!($connection = @ mysql_connect($hostname_mysql, $username_mysql, $password_mysql))) die("Could not connect to database");
if (!mysql_select_db($database_mysql, $connection));

$query1 = "SELECT * FROM team WHERE team_name='$gm' AND password='$pass'";
if (!($result1 = @ mysql_query ($query1, $connection)));

$login_check = mysql_num_rows($result1); 

if ($login_check > 0) { 
	while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result1)){ 
	foreach( $row AS $key => $val ){ 
		$$key = stripslashes( $val ); 
	}

    $_SESSION['gm1'] = $gm;

    $_SESSION['enl1'] = $enl; 

    $_SESSION['city1'] = $city;

    $_SESSION['name1'] = $name;

    $_SESSION['color1'] = $color1; 	

	header("Location: index.php"); 
}	
}

else {	
	header("location:login.php");
}

?>

Heres my problem. This page does not register the session. At all. If i do a echo of $_SESSION['gm1'] it shows nothing. any ideas ?

[craigh]

from the docs:

It is a good idea to call session_write_close() before proceeding to a redirection using

header("Location: URL");
exit();

because it ensures the session is updated (in a file or into a database, depending on the handler you're using) BEFORE you redirect the visitor somewhere else.