Problem with session variables on Mac

From: Jim & Sara Feldman (feldmans_at_rcn.com)
Date: 12/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:43:43 -0500
To: php-general@lists.php.net

        I should first admit to being a php newbie, so the answer may
be obvious, but this looks like a
bug to me. Global variables are OFF. I start a session at the very
top of page "member.php":

        session_start();

In a function called from the same page, I store some variables in
the session array:

        $pilot = mysql_fetch_array($result);
        $usrname = $pilot['given']." ".$pilot['last'];
        $valid_ID = $pilot['ID'];
        $timestamp = date("U");
        session_register("usrname","timestamp","valid_ID");

then in another function called from the same page (or a different
page, since this is where I find which
user is sending in a page), I attempt to use the "timestamp" data.
Three "echo" lines are added to provide
some debugging help.

        if (session_is_registered("valid_ID")){
                           echo "inside check IF <br>";
                $current_time = date("U");
                           echo "Time = $current_time.<br>";
                $session_time = $current_time - $_SESSION('timestamp');
                           echo "session time = $session_time seconds.<br>";

The output to the browser (Safari) is as follows:

inside check IF
Time = 1072308706.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: array() in
/Library/WebServer/Documents/testit/Logsafe_project/user_auth_fns.php
on line 35

As you can see, the code bombs as soon as it hits the
$_SESSION('timestamp'). Note that it did pass through
(session_is_registered("valid_ID") successfully and if I go look in
the directory where the cookie would go,
it is there.

        I am operating in system 10.3.2 (Panther) and, as far as I
can tell, using php 4.3.2. Any help would be appreciated.

Jim 

-- 
Jim Feldman
14 Linda Lane
Newton, MA 02461
617-527-0509

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