# Session / Variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/session-variables/160960>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 30, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/session-variables/160960 "2005-08-30T23:28:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![cholin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@cholin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cholin)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/session-variables/160960/1 "2005-08-30T23:28:26Z")

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Simple question, since I can’t test this, would $\_SESSION[‘_VARNAME_’] work? I know generally you can’t start a variable name with an underscore, such as $\_varname, but this seems different. Anyone feel like testing it?