session functions not working with windows XP, php 4.3.4

[kingofkolt]

i have two simple pages, test.php and test2.php

test.php contains:

<?php
session_start() ;
$_SESSION['test']="blah";
?>

and test2.php contains:

<?php
session_start() ;
print $_SESSION['test'];
?>

in the php.ini file, my session save path is set to /tmp. i dont even know
where to look for the tmp folder. also, when i go to test2.php after
accessing test.php, the page is blank and it doesnt print "blah".

as i mentioned in the title, im using windows xp (home edition) with PHP
4.3.4 and apache 1.3

thanks
JP

[Milos Vucic]

Re: session functions not working with windows XP, php 4.3.4


"kingofkolt " <jessepNOSPAM@c omcast.net> wrote in message
news:mPAjc.4336 8$GR.6079477@at tbi_s01...[color=blue]
> i have two simple pages, test.php and test2.php
>
> test.php contains:
>
> <?php
> session_start() ;
> $_SESSION['test']="blah";
> ?>
>
> and test2.php contains:
>
> <?php
> session_start() ;
> print $_SESSION['test'];
> ?>
>
> in the php.ini file, my session save path is set to /tmp. i dont even know
> where to look for the tmp folder. also, when i go to test2.php after
> accessing test.php, the page is blank and it doesnt print "blah".
>
> as i mentioned in the title, im using windows xp (home edition) with PHP
> 4.3.4 and apache 1.3[/color]

1. Set your php.ini: session.save_pa th = c:\windows\temp

if still nothing, then

2. disable any firewalls such as ZoneAlarm and try again.

[Chung Leong]

Re: session functions not working with windows XP, php 4.3.4

"kingofkolt " <jessepNOSPAM@c omcast.net> wrote in message
news:mPAjc.4336 8$GR.6079477@at tbi_s01...[color=blue]
> i have two simple pages, test.php and test2.php
>
> test.php contains:
>
> <?php
> session_start() ;
> $_SESSION['test']="blah";
> ?>
>
> and test2.php contains:
>
> <?php
> session_start() ;
> print $_SESSION['test'];
> ?>
>
> in the php.ini file, my session save path is set to /tmp. i dont even know
> where to look for the tmp folder. also, when i go to test2.php after
> accessing test.php, the page is blank and it doesnt print "blah".
>
> as i mentioned in the title, im using windows xp (home edition) with PHP
> 4.3.4 and apache 1.3[/color]

You have to create the folder used for saving session data manually. If the
folder doesn't exist, PHP won't create it. Create folder name "tmp" on C: or
something and set the session save path to C:/tmp.

[kingofkolt]

Re: session functions not working with windows XP, php 4.3.4

"kingofkolt " <jessepNOSPAM@c omcast.net> wrote in message
news:mPAjc.4336 8$GR.6079477@at tbi_s01...[color=blue]
> i have two simple pages, test.php and test2.php
>
> test.php contains:
>
> <?php
> session_start() ;
> $_SESSION['test']="blah";
> ?>
>
> and test2.php contains:
>
> <?php
> session_start() ;
> print $_SESSION['test'];
> ?>
>
> in the php.ini file, my session save path is set to /tmp. i dont even know
> where to look for the tmp folder. also, when i go to test2.php after
> accessing test.php, the page is blank and it doesnt print "blah".
>
> as i mentioned in the title, im using windows xp (home edition) with PHP
> 4.3.4 and apache 1.3
>
> thanks
> JP
>
>[/color]

ok it works now. thanks for the help guys

- JP