problem with session variables

[NoBullMan]

Hi,
I have a php page where I set up some session variables. I then go to another php page (based on some criteria) and there, my session variables disappear!
I have sesson_start() on top of both pages. I used error_log() function to print out the variables and I can see them set in first file and not set in the second file.

(file1.php)

session_start();
...
$_SESSION['uid'] = '123456';
$_SESSION['optionid'] = 'ABCD1234';

error_log("\nbefore going to cust_info.php\nsession[uid]=".$_SESSION['uid'].", session[optionid]=".$_SESSION['optionid'],3,"debug.txt");

  if (!isset($_SESSION['posted'])) {
error_log("\nsession[posted] is not set",3,"debug.txt");
    echo "<script type=\"text/javascript\">";
    echo "window.location.href=\"cust_info.php\";";
    echo "</script>";
    exit();
  }

-----------------------------
(cust_info.php)

session_start();

error_log("\nsession[uid]=".$_SESSION['uid'],3,"debug.doc");
error_log("\nsession[optionid]=".$_SESSION['optionid'],3,"debug.doc");

(this prints blanks for all session variables)

TIA.

[jatinder]

Are you sure the cookies are on?

Try this:

<?php
session_start();
print(session_id());
?>

Refresh the page couple of times. If a new session ID is printed each time you refresh the page, then cookies are disabled on your browser.

[NoBullMan]

I tested that and it does NOT print different session ids, shows the same one.

I wrote a small test script and it shows the same problem:

session.php:

<?php
session_start();

$_SESSION['uid'] = '123456';
$_SESSION['option'] = 'LDZ-8899';

header("Location: test.php");
exit();
?>

test.php

<?php
session_start();

echo "session['uid'] = ".$_SESSION['uid'];
echo "session['option'] = ".$_SESSION['option'];
?>

The result of running session.php is:
session['uid'] = session['option'] =

[thorpe]

Silly question then but, are you sure php was compiled with session support?

What does phpinfo() say about them?

[NoBullMan]

I ran phpinfo() and:

Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user

session.auto_start Off Off
session.bug_compat_42 On On
session.bug_compat_warn On On
session.cache_expire 180 180
session.cache_limiter nocache nocache
session.cookie_domain no value no value
session.cookie_lifetime 0 0
session.cookie_path / /
session.cookie_secure Off Off
session.entropy_file no value no value
session.entropy_length 0 0
session.gc_divisor 100 100
session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 1440
session.gc_probability 1 1
session.name PHPSESSID PHPSESSID
session.referer_check no value no value
session.save_handler files files
session.save_path /tmp /tmp
session.serialize_handler php php
session.use_cookies On On
session.use_only_cookies Off Off
session.use_trans_sid Off Off