I had the exact same problem.. don't know if you had this advice yet or not
but what I did is when I started a session I would grab the session id for
that session and put it in a variable and then just pass that session id
everywhere I went.. turn on the trans_id or add the session id to the end of
every link so it gets pass throughout all the links/forms you have on the
site.
start_session();
$SID = session_id();
That's what I do and then I just pass the $SID on all the links and forms
and it works for me.
Hope that helps or is at least something new for you to try.
jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Deliduka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PHP List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: [PHP] Sessions just don't work on my machine. (Trying this again)
> I have written here several times on this subject and in the end those who
> have gratiously helped me have ended up just telling me they have no clue
> why it doesn't work. It HAS to be my server setup but I don't know what it
> could be.
>
> Sessions just don't work on my machine...
>
> The heart of the problem is the session_start() function.
>
> The first time you start a session with this function it creates a new
> session, that's fine.
>
> The problem happens when it's run and no matter if the SSID is in a cookie
> or passed via a form, it will still create a new session, every single
time.
> It will not pickup the old session.
>
> Here is the app I setup to demonstrate the problem:
>
> http://fromtheduke.com/session/
>
> The first page initiates the session, the variable is posted to the next
> page, the next page should retrieve the session and display the first two
> variables which were registered in the session, then display the third
var.
>
> You'll see the third var showsup, the first two don't. The session ID may
> or may not remain the same. If you manually remove the index2.php file and
> reload the first page, the SSID will have changed.
>
> Source of the files:
> index.php:
> <?
>
> session_start();
>
> session_register("var1");
> session_register("var2");
>
> $var1 = "My var 1";
> $var2 = "My var 2";
>
> ?><HTML>
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>Session Page 1</TITLE>
> </HEAD>
>
> <BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF>
>
> PHPSESSID: <? echo $PHPSESSID; ?><BR>
> Var1: <? echo $var1; ?><BR>
> Var2: <? echo $var2; ?><BR>
>
> <FORM ACTION="index2.php" METHOD="POST">
> VAR 3: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT VALUE="My Var 3" NAME="myvar3"> <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT
> VALUE="go"><BR>
> </FORM>
>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
> --------------------------
>
> Source of index2.php:
> <?
>
> session_start(); // start session
> session_register("var3"); // register var 3 session variable
>
> $var3 = $myvar3;
> ?><HTML>
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>Session Page 2</TITLE>
> </HEAD>
>
> <BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF>
>
> PHPSESSID: <? echo $PHPSESSID; ?><BR>
> Var1: <? echo $var1; ?><BR>
> Var2: <? echo $var2; ?><BR>
> VAR3: <? echo $var3; ?><BR>
>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
> --------------------------
>
> I have tried session_name() to force the session ID. I was told though
this
> function doesn't set the SSID. It gives the SSID a name or something.
>
> I have been told this is all setup correctly, yet, you can see it doesn't
> work.
>
> The permissions on my /tmp directory look like this:
>
> drwxrwxrwt /tmp
>
> Does this have anything to do with this? I don't know much about the
> permissions part of things.
>
> --
>
> Thomas Deliduka
> IT Manager
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>
>
>
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