Sessions... how confusing!!!?!

[Anon]

I have been trying 2 get sessions 2 work for several days now and it just wont work!

Fisrtly i try the following (from the PHPbuilder Articles area);
=====page1.php====

<?php

session_start();
$my_session_variable = "some value";
session_register("my_session_variable");

?>

=====page2.php=====

<?php

session_start();
print "Value of 'my_session_variable': $my_session_variable";

?>

===========

.... and the value of the my_session_variable does not appear! Anyone know how i can get them to work as im getting increasingly annoyed🙁 The stupid thing is, it cant be a php or my server problem as i have installed other software which uses sessions🙁

Any help🙁 Perhaps a handy example of a session program that works🙂

Jonathan

[Anon]

Have you checked where your session files are being stored locally (look at php.ini)? I had a similar problem a while back as it was trying to write them to a nonexistant folder.

Try changing it to "C:\Windows\Temp" or something similar.

[jonno946]

I am on a shared server thus i dont think i can edit there files🙁

[[deleted]]

Are you sure that register_globals is active?

[Anon]

That should fix up your problem =]
=====page1.php====

<?php

session_start();
session_register("my_session_variable");
//$my_session_variable = "some value";
$_SESSION["my_session_variable"] = "some value";
?>

=====page2.php=====

<?php

session_start();
session_register("my_session_variable");
//print "Value of 'my_session_variable': $my_session_variable";
echo $_SESSION["my_session_variable"];
?>

===========

[jonno946]

Noting appears is it something to to with the //'s?

[Anon]

Hmm, I honestly can't see a problem with the code, maybe I'm not looking hard enough?

Have you tried using <i>phpinfo()</i> to check whether the host has enabled sessions or not?