PHP Session variables not saving between pages? -

login page:

<?php  session_start();  #echo session_id (); $_session["auth"]= "yes";  echo '<a href="portaltest.php?t='.time().'">portal page link.  auth set to: {$_session["auth"]}</a>';  ?> 

portal page:

<?php session_start();  echo "auth = {$_session["auth"] } <br />"; echo session_id ();   ?> 

the auth session lost between 2 pages somehow!

edit

here test url:

http://proserv01.services.lyris.com/nfpinsurance/unsegmentedmemberreport/logintest.php

when trouble-shooting sessions, there few things tend do, let's start code.

here updated version of page code see value stored in $_session['auth'] (your quotes causing trouble):

<?php  session_start(); $_session["auth"] = "yes"; echo '<a href="portaltest.php?t='.time().'">portal page link.  auth set to: ' . $_session["auth"] . '</a>';  ?> 

here updated version of portal page, removes additional space after closing curly bracket:

<?php  session_start(); echo "auth = {$_session["auth"]} <br />";  ?> 

now, if don't see auth these revisions, can try:

1. changing code in portal dumps out session can see you've got: session_start(); var_dump($_session);
2. checking make sure error reporting enabled, php helps identify many potential issues quite (e.g., index doesn't exist, headers sent, etc.): ini_set('display_errors','1'); error_reporting(e_all);
3. you can check php config file (php.ini) make sure there no settings causing session issues directly.