// this works fine between pages
session_start();
var_dump($_SESSION);
$v = array('test' => 'information');
$_SESSION['v'] = serialize((object)$v);
var_dump(unserialize($_SESSION['v']));
$v = array('test' => 'new information');
$_SESSION['v'] = serialize((object)$v);
var_dump(unserialize($_SESSION['v']));


// this does not

// * edit the user variable *

echo 'Current session data: '.session_id();
var_dump(userObj());
echo '<hr />Saving this to session data:'.session_id();
var_dump($u);
$u->save();
$_SESSION['user'] = serialize($u);
echo '<hr />New session data: '.session_id();
var_dump(userObj());


session_write_close();


// -----------------

function userObj { return unserialize($_SESSION['user']); }