this is page1.php <? session_start() ; echo $value ; if (!session_is_registered("value") ) { session_register("value") ; $value = 1 ; } echo $value ; ?> <br> <a href="page2.php">Next page</a> this is page2.php <form method="POST" action="page1.php"> <? session_start() ; $value++ ; echo $value ; ?> <br> <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1"> </form> when I come back to page1.php from page2.php , this is result : page1.php ( run at first time) Warning: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at C:\PHP\page1.php:9) in C:\PHP\\page1.php on line 10 Warning: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at C:\PHP\page1.php:9) in C:\PHP\page1.php on line 10 Notice: Undefined variable: value in C:\PHP\page1.php on line 11 1 (value of $value) Next page page2.php Warning: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at C:\PHP\page2.php :10) in C:\PHP\page2.php on line 11 2 (value of $value) page1.php ( when come back from page2.php) Warning: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at C:\PHP\page1.php :9) in C:\PHP\page1.php on line 10 Warning: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at C:\PHP\page1.php:9) in C:\PHP\page1.php on line 10 Notice: Undefined variable: value in C:\PHP\page1.php on line 11 (browser not understanding $value) 1 (value of $value still 1) Next page Nothing changes , value of $value still is 1 , this question is so difficult , I also want to ask why my browser warns , how I must config in php.ini , I use IE6 , win2k , thank for reading .