Cookie not being set

Using php 5.14, phpuser v 0.91

Stuff that works:
  registration
  email activation

I can't get the cookies to save, and the $_SESSION var is not being set.

If the user logs in with appropriate user/password, I redirect to another page, but the phpuser class constructor does not pickup the session var ("userSessionValue") nor an appropriate cookie on the user's machine.

What should I look for?

Essentially, I'm doing this:

in all php files on the site, I have

Code:

require "mytemplatefile.php";

Inside "mytemplatefile.php", I have this:

Code:

require "access.class.php";

Inside "access.class.php", I have the following:

Code:

class flexibleAccess
{
      ... the class code
}

$userX = new flexibleAccess();

The act of logging in is handled like so:

Code:

if (isset($_POST['username']))      { trim(strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST['username'])));      }
if (isset($_POST['password']))      { trim(strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST['password'])));      }

if ((!empty($_POST['username'])) && (!empty($_POST['password'])))
{
if ($userX->login($_POST['username'], $_POST['password'], true, true))
{
// redirect to the home page
  header("Location: http://blahblah/index.php");
  }
  else
  {
$htmlStr .= "Invalid login attempt.";
  }
}
else
{
$htmlStr .= "You must specify a user ID and password.";
}

The problem is that when I get to the redirected page, the expected session var and cookie don't appear to exist.

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