Have you tried the header(Cache-control: private) workaround for IE6? I seem to remember reading something about that on one of the web dev sites (devshed probably). Use that immediately after session_start() and see if it makes a difference.
Kirk "Tarrant Costelloe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Are there any points in the program that redirect the user off site and > back or something with that affect that IE might be handling in a weird > way?" > > Nope > > "Do you have pages that detect the browser and feed alternate content > based on the browser?" > > Nope > > "do you always run the session_start before these checks?" > > Yes. > > The only other thing I guess it could be is the .htaccess mod_rewrite > maybe? It's just weird that Internet Explorer is the only browser that > seemingly looses the members $_SESSION where as Mozilla is not effected > whatsoever. > > In Fellowship, > Tarrant > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 January 2004 16:34 > To: Tarrant Costelloe; PHP List > Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP $_SESSION Expiring in IE > > > I use sessions with IE all the time without such a problem. Are there > any points in the program that redirect the user off site and back or > something with that affect that IE might be handling in a wierd way? Do > you have pages that detect the browser and feed alternate content based > on the browser? If so do you always run the session_start before these > checks? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tarrant Costelloe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 10:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] PHP $_SESSION Expiring in IE > > > Hello, > > I have recently launched the new Planet-Tolkien.com, one would think > that writing a message board from scratch and a dynamic weather system, > a simple session login would be the least of my problems right? Wrong. > > It would appear that for Mozilla and Opera keep a $_SESSION is not an > issue and the $_SESSION is continued until the member logs out. However > when members are using Internet Explorer browser (most versions it > seems), they can go around the site for varied amounts of time, usually > less than five minutes and then their $_SESSION will expire!!?? > > I cannot for the life of me figure out why a server side $_SESSION would > expire on IE but not for MOZ or Opera but it is, and I need to figure > out why and how can I fix this. > > REF. All login information is saved as such: > > session_save_path("$path/sessions"); > session_start(); $_SESSION['session_memberID']=$session_memberID; > $_SESSION['session_username']=$session_username; > $_SESSION['session_groupID']=$membergroup; > > In Fellowship, > Tarrant > > -- > 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
