Sounds to me like the browser you are using has cookies disabled? Curious, do you see a parameter in your php.ini labeled session.name?
In fact, why don't you compare your setup to the following from a foxserv installation of sessions; Directive Local Value Master Value session.auto_start Off Off session.cache_expire 180 180 session.cache_limiter nocache nocache session.cookie_domain no value no value session.cookie_lifetime 0 0 session.cookie_path / / session.cookie_secure Off Off session.entropy_file no value no value session.entropy_length 0 0 session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 1440 session.gc_probability 1 1 session.name PHPSESSID PHPSESSID session.referer_check no value no value session.save_handler files files session.save_path C:\FoxServ\sessiondata C:\FoxServ\sessiondata session.serialize_handler php php session.use_cookies On On session.use_trans_sid 1 1 I have had people (who didn't know what they were doing) change values like cookie_lifetime and cause sessions to look like they had timed out after the cookie was distroyed by the browser. hope this gets you back and running. Warren -----Original Message----- From: Golawala, Moiz M (IndSys, GE Interlogix) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:49 PM To: Vail, Warren; Curt Zirzow; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP not remembering sessions Hi Warren, Ahh.. now i know what you mean by save handler routines.. I don't have any in any of my php files. yes, the save_path was pointing to the place where I have the web files stored. I can see the session files in that directory. I have tried to point to another directory too. But I have the same problem. Each time I do a session start on a page, I have a new session file. The first one has data in it because I add the data to the session on the page. The second session file is empty. Infact if I have an <?echo SID;?> on each of the 2 pages, I see different session Ids. You are correct.. I didn't think about a user getting to the session files. modify the php.ini file to save the session files to a more secure location. > Regards, > Moiz Golawala > Casi-Rusco, a GE Interlogix Company > 791 Park Of Commerce Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33487 * > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > 561-912-5972 * 561-912-1650 * > -----Original Message----- From: Vail, Warren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 4:42 PM To: Golawala, Moiz M (IndSys, GE Interlogix); Curt Zirzow; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP not remembering sessions while this doesn't mean that save handler routines are not used, it provides some clues. Does the directory pointed to by the session.save_path contain session files (they will usually have an encrypted filename)? save handler routines are actually defined in your php files, usually dynamically, possibly in a common include file; and they override but do not change the settings in your php.ini file. http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-save-handler.php The directory pointed to, looks suspicious since it appears that it may be in the web space area (accessible to http:), if someone can browse that directory with a browser, all kinds of good things might be found inside sessions??? if your http.conf file (for apache) points to something other than htdocs as the web root, you may be ok. Warren -----Original Message----- From: Golawala, Moiz M (IndSys, GE Interlogix) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:31 PM To: Vail, Warren; Curt Zirzow; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP not remembering sessions This is what is defined in the php.ini file for save handler routines.. I am newbie, I left it with default values: session.save_handler = files session.save_path = c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/Alarms/ thanks moiz -----Original Message----- From: Vail, Warren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 4:27 PM To: 'Curt Zirzow'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP not remembering sessions are you using "session save handler" routines? If not make sure you have a "/tmp" directory on your server, in fact you can check phpinfo() to find out what the session save directory is (provided you are not using save handler routines). good luck Warren Vail -----Original Message----- From: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP not remembering sessions * Thus wrote Daniel Guerrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Use > $_SESSION['var'] > > instead of > > $_SESSION["var"] This doesn't matter. Curt -- "My PHP key is worn out" PHP List stats since 1997: http://zirzow.dyndns.org/html/mlists/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
