I'll add if you do not have register_globals set then you can access the variable by its long name, $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"].
-Kevin > Is register_globals set to 'on' in php.ini? It needs to be for this coding > style to work. > > Kirk > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alastair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:41 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] problem reading sessions > > > > > > > > I have just recently set up PHP on my Win2K laptop and I have > > just found out > > that I can't read sessions. As far as I can tell the session > > file is being > > created, but PHP doesn't seem to be able to get any data into it. > > > > Here is what the session file looks like: > > !sess_user|!blah| > > > > The two PHP files look like this: > > > > test_session1.php > > <? > > $blah = "good"; > > session_start(); > > session_register("blah"); > > ?> > > > > > > test_session2.php > > <? > > session_start(); > > echo session_is_registered("blah") . "<br>"; > > echo session_encode(). "<br>"; > > echo isset($HTTP_SESSION_VARS) . "<br>"; > > echo sizeof($HTTP_SESSION_VARS) . "<br>"; > > > > echo $blah; > > ?> > > > > For the second PHP page the ouput I get is: > > - true for the 'session is registered' function > > - the string that is found in the session file (listed above) > > - true for the 'isset' function > > - size of zero > > - The warning: 'Warning: Undefined variable: blah ' > > > > Does anybody know why I would not be able to read these variables? > > > > thanks, > > alastair > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]