session does not keep the data

Question

I have a simple php page that set the session and redirect to another page but for some reason the session is empty in the second page.

index.php

<?php session_start(); ?>
<?php 
 $_SESSION['name'] = "Saeed";
 echo $_SESSION['name'] ;  <<< it shows the correct output
 echo '<script type="text/javascript">window.top.location="otherpages/page.php";</script>';
?>

page.php

<?php session_start(); ?>
<?php
           echo "session>>>".$_SESSION['name'];  
        ?>

i think page is not still refreshed when you call it in javascript. try manually calling page.php after index page and see what happen. — Bojan Kovacevic, Feb 13 '13 at 12:43
`$_SESSION['User']` is not being defined anywhere so of course it will be empty. — kittycat, Feb 13 '13 at 12:44
@SaeedPirdost defining `$_SESSION['User']` would be a good start. — kittycat, Feb 13 '13 at 12:47
make sure that domain is same ... or aware how to use session between different subdomain — NullPoiиteя, Feb 13 '13 at 12:49
read cryptic's comment and refer [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5489365/how-to-use-store-and-use-session-variables-across-pages) — Bhavik Shah, Feb 13 '13 at 12:50
@SaeedPirdos What happen if you try manually calling page.php after index page? — One Man Crew, Feb 13 '13 at 12:51
@SaeedPirdost see my answer below, you have your `if()` wrong then. — kittycat, Feb 13 '13 at 12:52
**Change:** echo $_SESSION['name'] ; <<< it shows the correct output echo ''; **To** header('Location: otherpages/page.php'); — One Man Crew, Feb 13 '13 at 12:56
I do not know what are these negative votes for ???!!!!! if you do not know the answer its better to vote it up not voting down. — Saeed Pirdost, Feb 13 '13 at 13:00
@NullPointer, it is set I have commented the redirect code and echo the session it correctly shows its value. — Saeed Pirdost, Feb 13 '13 at 13:06
if one directly go to that page .. that time it will give error — NullPoiиteя, Feb 13 '13 at 13:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 13 '13 at 12:49

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Verify if your tmp folder or session.save_path in php.ini is writable

Ps.: must works in both case. calling another page with php header or with javascript location

answered Feb 13 '13 at 12:49

Heberfa

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