From d731fb0b32ff1f3d04e730f9d88892245cdcb33f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Olson <philip@php.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 05:52:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] You must call session_start() before using $_SESSION.  This
 closes bug #19068

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@112345 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 reference/session/reference.xml | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/reference/session/reference.xml b/reference/session/reference.xml
index 323be30ac1..5cff6f98b5 100644
--- a/reference/session/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/session/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.27 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.28 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.session">
   <title>Session handling functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Sessions</titleabbrev>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     &reftitle.examples;
     <note>
      <para>
-      As of PHP 4.1.0, <varname>$_SESSION</varname> is available as
+      As of PHP 4.1.0, <varname>$_SESSION</varname> is available as a 
       global variable just like <varname>$_POST</varname>,
       <varname>$_GET</varname>, <varname>$_REQUEST</varname> and so on.
       Unlike <varname>$HTTP_SESSION_VARS</varname>,
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@
       documentation has been changed to use
       <varname>$_SESSION</varname> everywhere. You can substitute
       <varname>$HTTP_SESSION_VARS</varname> for
-      <varname>$_SESSION</varname>, if you prefer the former.
+      <varname>$_SESSION</varname>, if you prefer the former.  Also note
+      that you must start your session using <function>session_start</function> 
+      before use of <varname>$_SESSION</varname> becomes available.
      </para>
      <para>
       The keys in the <varname>$_SESSION</varname> associative