I've been trying to get sessions working on my system and find that a new session ID is created for each page I visit.  I posted a similar question to alt.comp.lang.php but haven't gotten any response from that forum.  Attached to the end of this message is some test code that fails and the information about my system.  The example code fails with the message "PHP Notice: Undefined index: MyName in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\diskfilerw2\test2.php on line 3"

I've also tried turning register_globals on and then using the session_register() syntax but get similar results.

I've tried several versions of PHP including the current stable SNAP (4.3.2.2).  I've also tried both IE (6.0.2800.1106) and Netscape (7.01) browsers.

I've also determined that setting and retrieving cookies is not working.  I'm guessing non functioning cookies and non functioning session variables are symptoms of the same problem.  I've tried relaxing the browsers cookie settings to allow anything and also to tighten the settings to allow nothing or to be prompted.  Non of those settings worked and when configured to prompt I wasn't prompted to accept a cookie.

Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Steve Jones
stevendalejones@earthlink.net

test1.php
<?
session_start();
$_SESSION["MyName"] = "John Doe";
header("Location: test2.php");
?>

test2.php
<?
session_start();
echo $_SESSION["MyName"];
?>

Error Message:
PHP Notice: Undefined index: MyName in
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\diskfilerw2\test2.php on line 3

Computer Information:
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
IIS
php 4.3.1

Relevant sections of php.ini file:
[PHP]
engine = On
short_open_tag = On
asp_tags = Off
precision    =  14
y2k_compliance = On
output_buffering = 4096
zlib.output_compression = Off
implicit_flush = Off
unserialize_callback_func=
allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off
safe_mode = Off
safe_mode_gid = Off
safe_mode_include_dir =
safe_mode_exec_dir =
safe_mode_allowed_env_vars = PHP_
safe_mode_protected_env_vars = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
disable_functions =
expose_php = On
max_execution_time = 30
max_input_time = 60
memory_limit = 8M
error_reporting  =  E_ALL
display_errors = Off
display_startup_errors = Off
log_errors = On
log_errors_max_len = 1024
ignore_repeated_errors = Off
ignore_repeated_source = Off
report_memleaks = On
track_errors = Off
variables_order = "GPCS"
register_globals = Off
register_argc_argv = Off
post_max_size = 8M
gpc_order = "GPC"
magic_quotes_gpc = Off
magic_quotes_runtime = Off
magic_quotes_sybase = Off
auto_prepend_file =
auto_append_file =
default_mimetype = "text/html"
doc_root =
user_dir =
extension_dir = ./
enable_dl = On
cgi.force_redirect = 0
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 2M
allow_url_fopen = On
default_socket_timeout = 60

[Session]
session.save_handler = files
session.save_path = c:\php\sessiondata
session.use_cookies = 1
session.name = PHPSESSID
session.auto_start = 0
session.cookie_lifetime = 0
session.cookie_path = /
session.cookie_domain =
session.serialize_handler = php
session.gc_probability = 1
session.gc_dividend    = 1000
session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440
session.bug_compat_42 = 0
session.bug_compat_warn = 1
session.referer_check =
session.entropy_length = 0
session.entropy_file =
session.cache_limiter = nocache
session.cache_expire = 180
session.use_trans_sid = 0
url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry"