PHP Sessions Not working

[burhanbajwa]

Hello experts
i m a new one in PHP.i have developed an application and i m facing session problem.
session_start(); is obvious on everypage.
but wen i login after user validation where session varaibles are created the page is redirected by a header to the main page.but here i dont fine my session varibales
as in validating page
session_start();
$_session['a']="somthing";
and on the next page there is nothing in
$_session['a'] .
One thing i have noticed that on next page new session is created.
which is different from the previous page session id.
i m using php4.4.7 and register_global is on and session.use_trans_sid is off
session.auto_start is off and session.use_cookies is On.
i m working on it from last three days and it is the first time i m posting any thing on a forum.
and i m sure i'll get an appreciateable response.
Thanks

[Atli]

Hi. Welcome to The Scripts!

First of all I would recommend turning register_globals Off. Enabling this is a security risk and is very likely to cause problems in the future.

Getting to your actual problem...

What platform is your server running on?
If it is Windows you will have to create a directory for the session data and set the 'session.save_path' to that directory. It is also very important that you give PHP permission to use that directory. (I usually give everyone full access to it)

If this doesn't help you, please post the code that is causing the problem and the code where you start the session.

[momogi]

If it is Windows you will have to create a directory for the session data and set the 'session.save_path' to that directory. It is also very important that you give PHP permission to use that directory. (I usually give everyone full access to it)

Hi Atli..

I wanna know how to configure php.ini in order to give PHP permission to access session.save_path's directory...
Looking forward to your answer... :)

--Thank You--

[Atli]

Hi momogi.

Folder permissions are not configured in php.ini.

To give PHP permission to a folder, you must give the user that is running the PHP service permission to use the folder. How that is done will depend on what operation system you are running.

[momogi]

Hi momogi.

Folder permissions are not configured in php.ini.

To give PHP permission to a folder, you must give the user that is running the PHP service permission to use the folder. How that is done will depend on what operation system you are running.

Oh.. I see...

Thank you Atli.. :)