# Including Session Variables?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/including-session-variables/150219>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [June 5, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/including-session-variables/150219 "2005-06-05T23:38:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phlashman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@Phlashman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phlashman)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/including-session-variables/150219/1 "2005-06-05T23:38:12Z")

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Hi! I’m having a small problem involving session variables and including php files. Let’s say I have two files. One has this code:

```auto
<?php
include('sessionvars.php');
echo $_SESSION["test"];
?>

```

The other (sessionvars.php) would be:

```auto
<?php
session_start();
header("Cache-control: private");
$_SESSION["test"] = "Test writing";
?>

```

and nothing would come out. Whats wrong?