sessions not working

[bough]

Hello

I have recently upgraded from PHP4 to PHP5, and are now having problems with using sessions. The code hasen't changed so the problem must be with the new php.ini file i copied across. My php.ini file is located in my windows directory, where i have also created a directory called 'SESSIONS' to hold the session data. I have unhighlighted the session path line and have changed it to 'session.save_path = "/sessions"' the rest of the php.ini file is set as it was previously.

I would be very grateful if anyone know where i am going wrong, as ic an't see that going to PHP5 should make a difference and as the php code hasn't chanegd it must be my configuration.

Thanks
Ian

[devinemke]

specify a full absolute path for session.save_path

[bough]

Thanks devinemke

I have updated my php.ini file with the line
'session.save_path = "c:/windows/sessions"'

it still doesn't seem to register sessions, i was just wondering if the session cookie path line also need to be updated?

session.cookie_path = /
session.cookie_domain =

Thanks again
Ian

[devinemke]

do a simple test:

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['var'] = 'this is a test';

echo 'session_name: ' . session_name() . '<br>';
echo 'session_id: ' . session_id() . '<br>';
echo 'session path: ' . session_save_path() . '<br>';
echo 'session array: '; print_r($_SESSION);
?>

[bough]

thanks again devinemke

After a few tests I can see that the path is set correctly.
My previous code didn't work when i used the code

• 'session_register("userID");'

But when I set the session variable with the code
- '$_SESSION['userID'] = $userID;'

it worked fine so just wondered why the previous code no longer sets the session?

Thanks
Ian

[devinemke]

because you have register_globals OFF (which is good)