I will ask them to check the php.ini file. The session variables are working ... as in I have been in my account and made changes (such as updated my address) so I know the computer is keeping my $_SESSION['account_reference'] until *something* happens and it it expires. Then account_reference goes from my reference number to 0 because it has become unassigned. Ron You need to have them check the php.ini file. This holds all the info about the installation. If It might be that the browser is not accepting the session cookies, which is a possibility. The options then are to: 1. store the session id in the URL 2. place the session id in a hidden field 3. try placing it in a regular cookie. You may want to check your browser setting to ensure that the browser accepts cookies from your site Bastien On Fri, 2005-28-10 at 20:59 -0400, Ron Piggott wrote: > My $_SESSION['variable'] 's are expiring. How do I find what my web > site hosting company has their length set to so I may have them > adjusted? > > They just expired while I was actively using the associated scripts. > Once the web site hosting computer lost track of the user session number > generated when I logged in the script couldn't access my settings! > > Ron -- ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.actsministrieschristianevangelism.org Acts Ministries Christian Evangelism "Where People Matter" 12 Burton Street Belleville, Ontario, Canada K8P 1E6 In Belleville Phone: (613) 967-0032 In North America Call Toll Free: (866) ACTS-MIN -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php