Re: find session entries / force session _gc / (de)serialization

2007-04-06 Thread jyrgen
> Preventing multiple logins is not an easy task to solve without a please don't make me afraid :-) i assumed this being rather easy, as soon as i have access to the session table (and the data, s.above) i wonder, if there is already an auth system providing the prevention of multiple logins. th

Re: find session entries / force session _gc / (de)serialization

2007-04-06 Thread jyrgen
> Ah, I understand. Perhaps the easiest way to solve this problem is to > create a custom session handler that uses the login ID as the key for > the session. You can't have more than one session with the same login > ID that way, so that stops multiple logins. what do you mean exactly by custo

Re: find session entries / force session _gc / (de)serialization

2007-04-05 Thread Chris Hartjes
On 4/5/07, jyrgen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > should read "de"serialized data, sorry. let me try to explain: > > after successful login i write a status value "logged_in" = 1 > into the session. this helps granting access to certain actions. > Users should be allowed to log in only *once*. so d

Re: find session entries / force session _gc / (de)serialization

2007-04-05 Thread jyrgen
> > 1) i need to find arbitrary session entries in the db, > > or better: retrieve a row with a particular serialized > > value of data. > > I'm curious as to what you're trying to accomplish by doing this? should read "de"serialized data, sorry. let me try to explain: after successful login i w

Re: find session entries / force session _gc / (de)serialization

2007-04-05 Thread Chris Hartjes
On 4/5/07, jyrgen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > my auth system is more or less selfmade. i dig the session component > very much, but need more control in my controllers (!) over the > content > of the session table. > > 1) i need to find arbitrary session entries in the db, > or better: retrieve

find session entries / force session _gc / (de)serialization

2007-04-05 Thread jyrgen
my auth system is more or less selfmade. i dig the session component very much, but need more control in my controllers (!) over the content of the session table. 1) i need to find arbitrary session entries in the db, or better: retrieve a row with a particular serialized value of data. do i nee