I need to update my php code on an old site as my host is now using PHP 5.4.30 and my old code is using session_register which is has been removed from this version of PHP. I am a newbie so I hope you'll bear with me. First: the errors I'm getting: [11-Sep-2014 11:21:14 America/Denver] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: PHPSESSID in /home7/outtacon/public_html/dichotomy/intro.php on line 12 [11-Sep-2014 11:21:14 America/Denver] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function session_register() in /home7/outtacon/public_html/dichotomy/intro.php on line 14 Second, here the code for lines 12 to 14: ####phpinfo(); if (!$PHPSESSID) { ##register variables session_register("as_role"); session_register("as_name"); session_register("as_email"); session_register("as_reenteremail"); session_register("as_story"); ##print("setting up session"); } else if ((!$as_role) || (!$as_name) || (!$as_email) || (!$as_reenteremail) || (!$as_story)) { session_register("as_role"); session_register("as_name"); session_register("as_email"); session_register("as_reenteremail"); session_register("as_story"); ##print("setting up session 2"); } I am also getting some errors on other pages but they are similar. It's the session_register. Is there a way to substitute session_register for something else easily? (Wishful thinking.) Thanks, Jeff -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php