Posted by David Haynes on 02/25/06 21:38

I am running Apache 2, PHP 5.0.5, and windows XP

I have one php file that populates a SESSION variable and another that
consumes it.

If I call the first one from the URL line of the browser, the form fills
correctly (i.e. the values are passed in the session)

If I call the first program from the second via an <a href> the session
is lost.

So, from the browser URL, the order would be:
[first.php]
session_start();
$_SESSION['foo'] = $foo;
session_write_close();
header("location: second.php");
exit;

[second.php]
session_start();
$foo = $_SESSION['foo'];
print_r($foo);

This works.

If I change second.php to be:
session_start();
$foo = $_SESSION['foo'];
<a href="first.php">first</a>

then the session is empty when the href is selected.

What am I missing?
-david-

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