ID: 37926 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: thomas at ecommerce dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: 5.x New Comment:
As described above, adding a note is not appropriate as it will more than likely add confusion. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-07 14:08:53] mjwindsorREMOVE at CAPShotmail dot com I do not agree that this is a documentation problem, or that describing it as expected behaviour is a suitable response. If PHP is a robust language, it cannot have unexpected and obscure rules applied at random. $_SESSION should just be an array that persists between page requests, providing session_start() has been called: that is what everyone expects and that is how it is used. In every other case, $new_array = $existing_array; is a value assignment and simply copies one array to another and no alteration is made or should be expected to $existing_array or its properties. I have spent several days trying to work out why my sessions werent working as I expected and taken up the time of several helpful posters in various fora. I finally tracked the problem down to this issue and some code included in every page of a widely used forum; an otherwise robust and secure open source product. I seriously doubt that a note in the documentation would have saved me much of this work and none of the work needed to get around the issue, once it was identified. This will apply equally to all those who fall foul of this problem you need to know what the problem is before searches will turn up documentation. Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-07-06 11:18:36] [EMAIL PROTECTED] We welcome a patch from you. I however don't see the need to document it, will only add confusion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-07-06 10:25:55] thomas at ecommerce dot com Updated information that this is general ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-07-06 10:20:27] thomas at ecommerce dot com Any status update on this bug??? Not hard to add in documentation -.- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-30 09:54:15] thomas at ecommerce dot com So, does this get fixed at least in the documentation? :) I still don't understand why this can't get fixed, a lot of user crys because of the 'magic feature' of the session and such problems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/37926 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37926&edit=1