Codeigniter session not working in another controller when using xampp

You don't need to load the config/config.php file as it's all ready loaded.

Make sure you have set your sessions something like this I my self created a session folder in system so it is more protected. Set the folder permission 0700

$config['sess_driver'] = 'files';$config['sess_cookie_name'] = 'ci_session';$config['sess_expiration'] = 1440;$config['sess_save_path'] = BASEPATH . 'storage/session/'; $config['sess_match_ip'] = TRUE;$config['sess_time_to_update'] = 300;$config['sess_regenerate_destroy'] = TRUE;

Note

EXT: The PHP file extensionFCPATH: Path to the front controller (this file) (root of CI)SELF: The name of THIS file (index.php)BASEPATH: Path to the system folderAPPPATH: The path to the "application" folder

Autoload.php

$autoload['libraries'] = array('session');$autoload['helper'] = array('form', 'url');

Controller

<?php defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');class Test extends CI_Controller {    function __construct() {        parent::__construct();        // Autoload the url helper in config/autoload.php        $this->load->helper("url");    }    function index() {        $newdata = array(            'username' => 'uname',            'email' => 'uname@some-site.com'        );        $this->session->set_userdata('testsession', $newdata);        $session_data = $this->getSession();        $data['username'] = $session_data['username'];        $data['email'] = $session_data['email'];        $this->load->view('test_view', $data);    }    function getSession()    {        return $this->session->userdata('testsession');    }}

Then on the views / test_view.php

<?php echo $username;?><?php echo $email;?>

Using the redirect() https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/url_helper.html#redirect