Set your error reporting to E_ALL, to see if anything else is going on. Add this line right after session_start() in both files, to make sure the session ID is getting passed correctly. The same ID should be displayed in both files:
echo "ID = " . session_id() . "<BR>"; > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] php session not persisting > > > Thanks Kirk! I have all of the conditions you set out met. > And still doesn't > work. > > I also added session__is_registered("sess_var") to check and > it tells me > that it's not registered. > > 1st script - page1.php: > > <? > > session_start(); > session_register("sess_var"); > > $sess_var = "Hello world!"; > > echo "The content of \$sess_var is $sess_var<br>"; //echos > fine here > > ?> > <a href = "page2.php">Next page</a> > > > 2nd script - page2.php: > > <? > > session_start(); > if (session_is_registered("sess_var")) > { echo "true<br><br>";} > else > {echo "false<br>";} > > echo "The content of \$sess_var is $sess_var<br>"; > //$sess_var NOT printed > echo "sess_var = $_SESSION[sess_var]<br>"; > > session_unregister("sess_var"); > ?> > > > "Kirk Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Thanks. I'm using PHP-4.3.1. > > > > > > The problem is not with $_SESSION. I used > > > session_is_registered("sess_var"); > > > to check from the second script and cannot see the > > > variable("sess_var"). Can > > > anyone tell me why? > > > > Your code should work for register_globals "on". Check that: > > > > - php.ini is where it is supposed to be (/usr/local/lib/, I think). > > - register_globals is really to set to on in php.ini. > > - that cookies are enabled in your browser. > > - you don't have an .htaccess file in your directory with > register_globals > > turned off in it. > > > > Kirk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
