# Problem with session vars

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-session-vars/69276>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 2, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-session-vars/69276 "2004-11-02T23:15:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![gabor\_cata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbce88/32.png) [@gabor\_cata](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gabor_cata)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-session-vars/69276/1 "2004-11-02T23:15:48Z")

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my code is smth like this:  
\<?php  
session\_start();  
…  
$HTTP\_SESSION\_VARS[‘user’]=$user;  
header(‘location: page.php’);  
…  
?\>

the problem is that $HTTP\_SESSION\_VARS[‘user’] is unset in page.php. I used session\_start(); in page.php.