Two days ago I installed PHP Version 4.1.2 as CGI on a Win98SE platform
   with Apache 1.3.20 running as server. I used the php.ini-recommended
   with register_globals turned OFF and made only minor changes concerning
   directories and error-display. Migrating my old scripts to the new
   settings I found that the session management with the superglobal
   $_SESSION would not work: the session file was created in my session
   directory (session.save_path=c:\tmp) BUT no session variables were
   stored in it.

   Here's a pair of scripts to illustrate:

   session_1.php:
           <?php
               session_start();
               $_SESSION['text']="Hallo!";
               echo '<a href="session_2.php">session_2.php</a>';
           ?>

   session_2.php:
           <?php
               session_start();
               echo $_SESSION['text'];
           ?>

   On activating the link to session_2.php, the following errormessage is
   displayed:

           Warning: Undefined index: text in session_2.php on line 3

   (Using $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['text'] instead of $_SESSION['text'] leads to
   the same result.)

   However, turning register_globals ON and using global variables with
   session_register(), session_unregister() and session_is_registered()
   works fine. But that's not really the point of php.ini-recommended, is
   it? ;-)-:

   After spending many hours checking my setup, reading the manual and
   several faqs and finally receiving feedback from other users who have
   the same problem on the german PHP-mailinglist php@phpcenter.de and not
   finding it  this bug in your list of reported bugs, I decided to report
   it. I also thought that this is a rather major problem, since
   register_globals is to be turned off by default in upcoming versions.
   Please contact me if you need any additional information - this is the
   first time I am reporting a bug.

   Thanx 4 your great work,
   Robert

This bug has been fixed in CVS.