Session var works in windows not in Linux

[nert]

Hi,

I'd appreciate it if any of you could help or have seen this problem before becuase its causing me pain:

I've got a simple session variable to log a username, nothing new in that I know, and all the code works fine under APACHE windows but not on APACHE Linux (Fedora 5)

Basically, it looks like the session variable is not being set and therefore I can't pull the value out of it on a subsequent page.
register_globals is off under both systens and best practice dicates it shouldn't be on anyway.

Is there a switch I need to flick in one of the .ini or config files?

Code for setting up:

[code]
session_start();
session_unset;
session_destroy();
session_start();
session_regenerate_id();
.
.
session_register("PHPSESSID");
$_SESSION['PHPSESSID'] = SESSION_ID();
session_write_close();
[/code]

code for recovering data. this always comes out as Not set.

[code]
if (!isset($_SESSION['PHPSESSID']))
{
// show warnings
}
[/code]

[kenrbnsn]

Please read the entry in the PHP manual on the [url=http://www.php.net/session_register]session_register()[/url] function.

Ken

[nert]

Ah, that old "read the manual" chestnut, when will I learn?!

Thanks, I understand now.

The answer was that I didn't actually need session_register() at all.

I recommend other people read the manual page too the user posts are good examples.