SESSION VARIABLE getting erased/lost when going between Java Services on different ports and PHP clients

[Mone Dimi <al...@gmail.com>]

I have 3 php scripts and 2 Java Services Running on two different ports

login.php

home.php

other.php

login.php is just a form that accepts a username via POST

so home.php has something like

$_SESSION['username'] = $_POST['username'];

$user =$_SESSION['username'];

$result = $client->FirstJavaService();

echo $user;
echo $result;

Both $user and $result are not NULL and results are printed out as expected.

Now other.php has a form for passing a term into a second Java Service
listening on a second port. It is something like

$curr_user = $_SESSION['username'];
$term = $_POST['term'];

$other_result = $client->SecondJavaService();

echo $curr_user;
echo $other_result;

When a term is entered into the form on home.php we arrive at other.php with
$other_result printing out fine, but $curr_user becomes NULL, implying that
the $_SESSION['username'] variable got wiped out.

Is it because the services are on different ports? I would think that since
defining multiple services is fine, one should be able to keep a session
variable between different php clients.

All help is appreciated!

Thanks!

M