Session variables are not being read

[bbram]

I am finally making the upgrade from PHP 5.3 to PHP 7.3.  When converting over the code I noticed that session some sessions are not being processed.  My test code for this is below:

 

session_start(); 
include ("../includes/connect.inc");

echo "hiiiiiiii: ".$currentDate;
echo "Here: ".$_SESSION['user'];


if (isset($_SESSION['user']))
{
	$user = $_SESSION['user'];
	$currentDate = date("Y/m/d");

}
else
{
	echo "Session not started: ";
}

 

My include is listed below:

$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', ''); 
if (!$link) { 
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error("Connection error message")); 
} 
mysqli_select_db($link, 'dbname') or die (mysqli_error($link)); 



date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');

define ("TZ_CORRECTION", 43200);

$bkcolor = "#FFFFFF";

$currentDate = (Date("Y-m-d"));

I am not getting the message "Session not started or the current date from the include".   

If it matters I am using WAMP as my testing server

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[requinix]

Make sure you have your php.ini set up for development with these settings (restart WAMP if you change them):

error_reporting = -1
display_errors = on

Then look for error messages.

[mac_gyver]

are you using full <?php opening tags, per the problem in one of your previous threads? https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/311034-includes-not-being-displayed-on-page  how about the other improvements made in that thread? you seem to have gone backwards.

 

[bbram]

you are correct...I totally forgot that and have fixed my code to have that and to display error messages...thank you for the help!