PHP sessions not saving from page to page

Question

i'm having some issues with PHP sessions. I'm pretty new to PHP so my apologies if i'm being completely stupid.

I have a login.php file that once the user name and password has been checked etc it has the following code:

if($pass === $row2['PSWD']){
    session_start();
    $_SESSION['test']="hello";
    mysql_close($con);
    header("Location: page.php");
}else{
    die('Wrong password');
}

then on page.php I have the following at the very top, about the tag:

<?php
session_start();
session_register(); //just in case...(should not be needed)
echo "Result:".$_SESSION['test'];
?>

And all I get at the top of the page is "Result:"

Any ideas? As from everything i've been reading it should be as simple as this?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT:

My error logs are showing:

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_b91f8653bcee6ef7c1e13ae8844f00da, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /hermes/bosweb/web261/b2617/ipg.craigfisk/webtest/login.php on line 28

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /hermes/bosweb/web261/b2617/ipg.craigfisk/webtest/login.php:28) in /hermes/bosweb/web261/b2617/ipg.craigfisk/webtest/login.php on line 28

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /hermes/bosweb/web261/b2617/ipg.craigfisk/webtest/login.php:28) in /hermes/bosweb/web261/b2617/ipg.craigfisk/webtest/login.php on line 31

Warning: Unknown: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_b91f8653bcee6ef7c1e13ae8844f00da, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/var/php_sessions) in Unknown on line 0

Are you sure you have no output before session_start at both pages? — Green Black
– Green Black, Commented Feb 12, 2013 at 16:55
Try calling session_write_close() before the header() redirect code. Also, add exit() after the header() redirect to be safe. — Anton
– Anton, Commented Feb 12, 2013 at 16:57
@anton: write_close is not necessary. unless the script terminates with a fatal error, php will automatically close/save the session during cleanup. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Feb 12, 2013 at 17:25

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:27:02Z

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You need to put exit(); after your header redirection, otherwise you have just loaded two pages of content into 1 page.

source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3023479/710827

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:27

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answered Feb 12, 2013 at 16:58

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Artur Leśniewski · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-12 16:58:20Z

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after header location give exit();

answered Feb 12, 2013 at 16:58

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