INDEX.PHP <?php include_once('include/global.php'); $db = &getObject('mysql'); $db->open('localhost', 'root', ''); $db->selectDb('directory'); $tpl->display('main.tpl'); $db->test = 'this is page 1'; echo '<pre>'; print_r($_SESSION); echo '</pre>'; $db->test = 'this is page 2'; ?> PAGE2.PHP <?php include_once('include/global.php'); $db = &getObject('mysql'); $db->open('localhost', 'root', ''); $db->selectDb('directory'); $tpl->display('main.tpl'); echo '<pre>'; print_r($_SESSION); echo '</pre>'; ?> PAGE1 PRINT_R RESULTS [mysql] => mysql Object ( [connection] => Resource id #7 [test] => this is page 1 ) PAGE2 PRINT_R RESULTS [mysql] => mysql Object ( [connection] => Resource id #7 [test] => ) -- Joseph Crawford Jr. Codebowl Solutions codebowl@xxxxxxxxx 802-558-5247 For a GMail account contact me OFF-LIST -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php