Sessions don't work in PHP -

this test script:

<?php ob_start(); // or without same $session = session_start(); $path = session_save_path(); if (headers_sent()) die ("headers have been sent");  if((isset($_get["set"]))) {     $_session["var"] = " - testing - "; } echo $_session["var"];  echo $session; echo $path;  print_r($_session); print_r($_cookie); setcookie("cookie", "value"); 

$session outputs 1. cookies being set successfully. have phpsessid cookie set. sessions (from phpinfo) enabled. session_start() there.

when set session variable (by setting set parameter), session variable echoes directly $_session array. when remove set parameter, print_r-ing $_session outputs empty array.

i've gone far set chmod 777 on /var/lib/php5, , chown-ed same user runs php. tried different domain name, defining in local /etc/hosts , setting new virtual host it.

i found 1 answer on stackoverflow said disable register_globals in php.ini, don't have setting in phpinfo output, didn't do...

i've tried changing session directory session_save_path(), didn't work. might not have privileges on (vps) hosting.

i don't know else try?

this session section of phpinfo() output, if helps:

session session support     enabled registered save handlers    files user registered serializer handlers  php php_binary wddx  directive   local value master value session.auto_start  off off session.cache_expire    180 180 session.cache_limiter   nocache nocache session.cookie_domain   no value    no value session.cookie_httponly off off session.cookie_lifetime 0   0 session.cookie_path /   / session.cookie_secure   off off session.entropy_file    /dev/urandom    /dev/urandom session.entropy_length  32  32 session.gc_divisor  1000    1000 session.gc_maxlifetime  1440    1440 session.gc_probability  0   0 session.hash_bits_per_character 5   5 session.hash_function   0   0 session.name    phpsessid   phpsessid session.referer_check   no value    no value session.save_handler    files   files session.save_path   /var/lib/php5   /var/lib/php5 session.serialize_handler   php php session.upload_progress.cleanup on  on session.upload_progress.enabled on  on session.upload_progress.freq    1%  1% session.upload_progress.min_freq    1   1 session.upload_progress.name    php_session_upload_progress php_session_upload_progress session.upload_progress.prefix  upload_progress_    upload_progress_ session.use_cookies on  on session.use_only_cookies    on  on session.use_trans_sid   0   0 

solved.

it seems whole account doesn't have privileges go public_html folder, /var/lib/php5 folder trying open "relative" folder inside public_html. realized after turned on error_reporting.

so after created public_html/var/lib/php5 in ftp root , made writable, sessions started working.

i don't think conventional environment, again i've had stranger things on hosting.