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PHP session variables not passed

I have a file that checks login details and sets session variables as below:

File is located in www.mywebsite.com/subfolder/check_login.php

$_SESSION['user'] = "OK";
$_SESSION['id'] = $row_user['id'];
$_SESSION['contact'] = $row_user['contact'];

If I execute my test.php file below in www.mywebsite.com/subfolder/test.php
Session variables are OK,

But if I put test.php in my root folder www.mywebsite.com/test.php session variables are not found?

Test.php
<?php session_start();
echo "session user".$_SESSION['user'];
echo $_SESSION['userid'];
echo $_SESSION['contact'];
?>

What is causing this and how can I rectify?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Shinesh Premrajan

did your check_login.php page has the session_start() define in the top of the page?

Ray Paseur

Session variables may be influenced by the subdomain or directory structure because session cookies are not set with all the parameters you want. In other words, a session cookie from the "main" page may not be available to the other pages that are not in the same directory tree.

You may want to set your session cookie yourself, something like this:

// START THE SESSION AND SET THE COOKIE
$sess_name = session_name();
if (session_start())
{
// MAN PAGE http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php
    setcookie($sess_name, session_id(), NULL, '/');
}

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shobinsun

You have included the check_login.php file in the test.php file.

Please check the path is correct or not.

Ray Paseur

Also, this article may be helpful to you. Best regards, ~Ray

https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/PHP-login-logout-and-easy-access-control.html

Cornelia Yoder

Session variables are specific to a domain, so if your domain name points to the subdirectory, then any session variables are not available to any script not beneath that domain name.