From: "Todd Cary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> I am trying to understand sessions are done with php.  My "learning
> script" has the following:
>
>    session_start();
>    if (isset($_SESSION['firstname'])) {
>      $_SESSION['firstname'] = 'Todd';
>    } else {
>      $_SESSION['firstname'] = 'Nobody';
>    }
>
>    echo "SESSION: " . $_SESSION['firstname'] . "<br>";
>    echo 'SID: ' . SID . '<br>';
>    echo '<br /><a href="page_2.php?' . SID . '">page 2</a>';
>
> SID is always empty.  What have I missed?

Session IDs are normally carried in cookies. If the cookie was set
successfully, then SID is not set because it's not needed. Turn off cookies
and try this code.

---John Holmes...

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