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copied!<p>I have a problem using simplexml_load_file and session vars in PHP.</p> <p>So, I have 2 PHP files, one generates some XML and the other one reads it. The file that generates XML should read some $_SESSION vars, which had been set in the other, but it won't...</p> <p>For instance, say the first file is something like:</p> <p>FILE 1 (reads XML)</p> <pre><code><? session_start(); $_SESSION['test'] = 'test!!!'; echo '<b>In file 1</b><br />'; echo 'var = '.$_SESSION['test'].'<br />'; // This correctly outputs "test!!!" echo '<b>Reading file 2</b><br />'; $xml = simplexml_load_file("http://www.someurl.com/2.php"); echo 'var = '.$xml['var']; // This does <b>NOT</b> output "test!!!"... why? ?> </code></pre> <p>FILE 2 (generates XML)</p> <pre><code><? header('Content-type:application/xml'); session_start(); echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'; echo '<test>'; echo '<var>'.$_SESSION['test'].'</var>'; echo '</test>'; ?> </code></pre> <p>The strange thing is, if I open file 2 directly it DOES read $_SESSION["test"]</p> <p>Things I already tried (and did not work)</p> <ul> <li><p>Not calling session_start() in the second file</p></li> <li><p>Calling session_write_close() before simplexml_load_file in the first file</p></li> <li><p>Accessing the file using fsockopen instead of simplexml_load_file. This also returns an empty tag... so it's not an issue with simplexml_load_file...</p></li> </ul> <p>I'm a bit out of ideas... can anyone help?</p> <p>Thanks nico</p>

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