session in secure page

Hi guys,

I have having some difficulty here,,,, hope u guys able to give me an idea how to solve this..

i have done up a file and it is working fine if i dun put any secure layer address there :
e.g :
<font face="Arial"><a href="checkout1.php?cart=<? echo $cart; ?>">Check
Out>></a></font>

When it goes to checkout2.php ( the file after checkout1.php) the registered session is still there,, i still can output the registered value

but when i put a secure address there, i can not see any registered values anymore
e.g:
<font face="Arial"><a href="https://sec.linux.com/~temp/shopping/testing/checkout1.php?cart=<? echo $cart; ?>">Check
Out>></a></font>

i am wondering why after i added the https address in front, i can not see any output of the registered variable in checkout2.php.. the file suppose to work fine.,.

can somebody tells me whats wrong with my code ??

the flow of the system...
basket.php -> checkout1.php ->checkout2.php

please advise.

You can set cookies to be secure only or non-secure only. I suspect that's what's going on -- your cookie's only good for the non-secure session. I use sessions across the SSL with no problem. Read up on the setcookie() parameters at php.net.