need help with sessions!

[harrylmh]

Help!

I used:

session_start();
session_register("user");
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS["user"] = "jane";

Next page that checks it's valid:

if (!isset($HTTP_SESSION_VARS["user"]))
    //but the variable is always not set!

I checked the session file but it only has this in it:
!user|

no value


I checked the PHP site (http://php.ca/manual/en/function.session-register.php) and it said:
"If you are using $_SESSION (or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS), do not use session_register(), session_is_registered() and session_unregister(). "
What does it mean?

Could anyone please tell me why can't I give the session variable any value?

I appreciate any help.
Thank you

 

[hohoho]

did you execute
session_start();
on the 2nd page ?

 

[harrylmh]

yes, I did execute session_start() on the second page. I forgot to put it in the post.

 

[Salam]

session_start();
session_register("user");
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS["user"] = "jane";
I checked the session file but it only has this in it:
!user|

I checked, that file contains (PHP 4.3.0-dev):
user|s:4:"jane";

If you are using $_SESSION (or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS), do not use session_register(), session_is_registered() and session_unregister(). "
What does it mean?

session_start();
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS["user"] = "jane";
is enough .

yes, I did execute session_start() on the second page.

Dont execute session_start() on the second page, it makes a new session as I know .

 

[harrylmh]

I got it to work already. Thanks for your explanation.