Cannot pass SESSION variables between pages

[manny6677]

Trying a simple test of passing $_SESSION variables between two php pages. I don't see any data on the second page and the session id that is printed out is not the same as the first page session id of the same SESSIONSAMPLE name, which I think is the problem. When I refresh either page the session id constantly changes as well which doesn't seem right either. I have session.auto_st art set to 0 (off). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here are the two scripts:

[code=php]<?php

session_name('S ESSIONSAMPLE');
session_start() ;

$_SESSION['user_name'] = 'chippy';
$_SESSION['full_name'] = 'Chippy the Chipmunk';
$_SESSION['last_visit'] = '2 weeks ago';
$_SESSION['favourites'] = 'Books';



print_r($_SESSI ON);
echo "<br/>\n";
print_r(session _id());
echo "<br/>\n";
print_r(session _name());
echo "<br/>\n";
print_r(session _get_cookie_par ams());
echo "<br/>\n";

?>

<br/>
<br/>
<a href="session2. php">Click Here for Next Page</a>
<br/>


session2.php

<?php
session_name('S ESSIONSAMPLE');
session_start() ;

//
// show the session data as we have them thus far.
//
print_r($_SESSI ON);
echo "<br/>\n";
print_r(session _id());
echo "<br/>\n";
print_r(session _name());
echo "<br/>\n";
print_r(session _get_cookie_par ams());
echo "<br/>\n";
?>[/code]

[Please use CODE tags when posting source code. Thanks! --pbmods]

[pbmods]

Heya, Manny.

What happens if you remove the session_name() calls?

You can also set session.name in your php.ini file.

[manny6677]

Tried it without the session_name calls and get the same results except I now see the default PHPSESSID session name displayed.

[pbmods]

Heya, Manny.

Ok, I'm curious. If you echo session_id() on each page, do you get the same result?

[manny6677]

Heya, Manny.

Ok, I'm curious. If you echo session_id() on each page, do you get the same result?

Session ID is different on both pages.
OUTPUT from page1:

Array ( [user_name] => chippy [full_name] => Chippy the Chipmunk [last_visit] => 2 weeks ago [favourites] => Books )
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PHPSESSID
Array ( [lifetime] => 0 [path] => \ [domain] => [secure] => [httponly] => )


OUTPUT from page 2:

Array ( )
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PHPSESSID
Array ( [lifetime] => 0 [path] => \ [domain] => [secure] => [httponly] => )

[kovik]

Is this online for others to try Considering your sessions use cookies, I'm thinking you may have cookies turned off on your browser, which would cause the client to be unaware of it's session id.

Any chance that that's the case?