reload problem

If I use the $_SESSION superglobal (PhP 4.1 >) to define the following in page1.

session_start();
$_SESSION['count']="1";
header("Location: page2");
....

page2 is then called using the header.

where page2 simply does:

session_start();
echo $_SESSION['count'];
...

Outputs:

1

If I hit the reload button, $_SESSION['count'] is empty.

I'm not sure if this is suppose to happen, but is there a way to retain the contents within the $_SESSION['count'] variable after a reload?

Thanks.

In order to use 'count' as a session variable, you have to call :

session_register( "count" );

Before using it.

The new specification at php.net indicates the following for PhP 4.1 and higher:

Caution
If you are using $HTTP_SESSION_VARS/$_SESSION and disable register_globals, do not use session_register(), session_is_registered() and session_unregister().

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php


In this case I'm using the autoglobal _$SESSION superglobal (since as per recommendation my register_globals is disabled in the php.ini file) to access the elements of it from another script.

Thanks.

Ah. Sorry found the problem. I was calling session_destroy() at the end of the script. No wonder.