php sessions problem

[davidp]

I am receiving a problem with my session variables in PHP.  In essence, PHP thinks that I am trying to use a session variable before it is created.  Here is the error itself:

 

Fatal error: Unknown(): The script tried to execute a method or access a property of an incomplete object. Please ensure that the class definition <b>account</b> of the object you are trying to operate on was loaded _before_ the session was started in /users/home2/ugrad/d/dpru/public_html/musicstore/site/index.php on line 57

 

Here is my code, in a bit cut-down form:

 

secure.php

...some code at the beginning, doesnt have to do with sessions....

session_set_cookie_params ( 0, SESSION_PATH, SESSION_DOMAIN );

session_start();
$_SESSION['dumb'] = rand(1, 10);

...a little bit more code follows, but none of it has to do with sessions....

 

index.php:

//Files that need to be included
require_once ( "globals.php" );
require_once ( "secure.php" );
require_once ( "functions.php" );

//The DBM
require_once ( "../db/dbm.php" );

//Classes to include
require_once ( "../classes/account.php" );

//Connect to the database
global $dbm;
$dbm = new DBM();

// Check if the database is available.
if (!$dbm->isConnected()) {
print 'Unable to access the database at this time.<p>Sorry for the inconvenience.';
exit;
}
else print 'Connected!';

if ( !isset($_SESSION['dp_account']) )
    $_SESSION['dp_account'] = new Account();

?>

...some HTML....

<?  $_SESSION['dp_account']->displayLoginForm(); ?>

...more stuff

 

The error occurs on that last line where I do displayLoginForm().

 

To me it looks like I am starting the session, setting the session variables appropriately, and then using them...but obviously I must not be doing so....anyone see an error in my code?