Breaking Session - Solved With Our Thanks In The Final Post

[niche]

include 'temp107h.php'; continues the session header('Location: http://localhost/temp107h.php'); breaks the session. How can I use header() and not break the session?

[justsomeguy]

Use session_write_close before sending the location header. Some browsers will ignore the set-cookie header if they see a location header, so you might want to start the session on a page that isn't going to redirect.

[niche]

Thanks. The manual doesn't say how to reopen the session. How's that done?

[niche]

session_start(); re-activates the session even without session_write_close(). then, what's the advantage of using use session_write_close()?

[Ingolme]

session_write_close() saves any changes made to the session and closes it. PHP does this automatically when a script ends, but when a location header is sent, the browser may redirect before the script has ended. If you don't call session_write_close() before sending a location header then changes to your session data may be lost.

[niche]

I understand. Thanks for your help justsomeguy and Ingolme.