<?
$LIFE = get_cfg_var("session.gc_maxlifetime");

session_start();
echo '-'.$LIFE.'-';
echo '<br><br>';
phpinfo();
?>
       
This sample script shows that get_cfg_var doesn't return anything into $LIFE.  At the top of the page, the two '-'s are right next to each other.

In general, sessions work on my machine.

I'm running:

Apache 1.3.6
Linux 2.2.5
PHP 4.0.0

PHP Configuration:
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-mysql --enable-ftp --enable-track-vars

I can't find a php.ini file on my system.

I haven't tried any other configuration variables other than session.gc_maxlifetime.

Mark Lubratt