$_SESSION['_amember_user'] is empty, why?

I've read the manual about SESSIONS and using amember's values. I really need to use the "member_id" one, and I know exactly how to get it, but when I do this:

PHP:

echo "<pre>";
print_r($_SESSION);
echo "</pre>";

It's blank!

I'm logged into the site too.

I've also tried this:

PHP:

include ("../amember/plugins/protect/php_include/reload_if_cookie.inc.php");

HELP?

Did you put:
session_start();

at the top of the page?

David

Hi David,

Yes I put that at the top.

It's very odd. I did move to a new server, but it worked fine on the old one. I asked the tech support on the new one if they put the session variables in some odd place. He said they're in the normal spot.

No prob, here you go: (ignore some of the stuff on the page as I've been trying anything).

PHP:

<?php
session_start();
include ("../amember/plugins/protect/php_include/reload_if_cookie.inc.php");
$au=$_SESSION['_amember_user'];
if($au==""){
    //include "/home/ppccoach/domains/ppc-coach.com/public_html/amember/plugins/protect/php_include/reload_if_cookie.inc.php";
    //include "/home/ppccoach/domains/ppc-coach.com/public_html/amember/plugins/protect/php_include/reload_if_cookie.inc.php";
    $au = $_COOKIE['_amember_user'];
}
$_SESSION[firstname] = $au[name_f];
extract($_REQUEST);
if(!isset($_SESSION['firstname'])){
    include "/amember/plugins/protect/php_include/reload_if_cookie.inc.php";
    $_SESSION['firstname'] = $au['name_f'];
    $_SESSION['member_id'] = $au['member_id'];
}

/*
echo "<pre>";
print_r($au);
echo "</pre>";

$au=$_SESSION['_amember_user'];
if($au==""){
    $au = $_COOKIE['_amember_user'];
}
$_SESSION[firstname] = $au[name_f];
extract($_REQUEST);
if(!isset($_SESSION['firstname'])){
    include ("/amember/plugins/protect/php_include/reload_if_cookie.inc.php");
    
    $_SESSION['firstname'] = $au['name_f'];
    $_SESSION['member_id'] = $au['member_id'];
}
echo dirname(__FILE__)."<BR>";
echo $_SESSION['member_id']." and ".$au['member_id']."<BR>";
*/

echo "AU<BR>";
echo "<pre>";
print_r($au);
echo "</pre>";
echo "SESSION<BR>";
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_SESSION);
echo "</pre>";
echo "COOKIE<BR>";
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_COOKIE);
echo "</pre>";
echo "REQUEST<BR>";
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_REQUEST);
echo "</pre>";
echo "amember_nr<BR>";
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_REQUEST['amember_nr']);
echo "</pre>";
?>

Go back to the beginning and save the following as a file called say variables.

PHP:

<?php 
session_start(); 
?><pre><?php
print_r($_SESSION); 
?> 

Now access your site, log in and then in a new window call up the file variables.php and post back what you get. I think your coding is a bit suss just want to check with above.

I'm having the same problem. Session variables are not available when check.inc.php
is called. (plugins/protect/php_include/check.inc.php).

Even more strange, the session cannot be detected anywhere else on the site unless the user visits member.php.

In my case, I have a login box which displays "hello username...etc" if the user is logged in. If they are logged out, it shows a login form. The problem is if the member doen't have an active subscription, he then appears to be logged out automatically.

Is this a known bug?