php $_POST and $_SESSION

form.php

<form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action="formHandler.php">
	<label for="name" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Name</label>
	<div class="col-sm-10">
		<input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" placeholder="Your Name" value="">
	</div>

	<div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
		<input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
	</div>

	<div class="form-group">
		<div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
			<!-- getCurrentURL is called from custom-inc.php -->
			<input type="hidden" name="urlPointer" value="<?=getThisPage(); ?>">
		</div>
	</div>
</form>

formHandler.php

<?php

#call session start...

if(!isset($_SESSION)) {
	session_start();
	$sessionActive  = '<p>Session was STARTED</p>';
}else{
	$sessionActive = '<p>Session was PRESENT</p>';
}

 // If we have a session initialized and got new data posted, then save it to the session
 if (isset($_SESSION) && isset($_POST["name"])) {
	 $_SESSION["name"] = $_POST["name"];
 }

echo '<br /<br />var_dump session:';
	var_dump($_SESSION);

$name = $_SESSION['name'];
echo "Name in session is: " . $name . "<br /><br />";

echo '<br /<br />var_dump post:';
	var_dump($_POST);

$name2 = $_POST['name'];
echo "Name in post is: " . $name2 . "<br /><br />";

echo $sessionActive;

Fourth revision fixes $_POST typo