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Posted by nigel.t on 10/10/06 11:22
In article <egepup$ju1$1@emma.aioe.org>, submit@flexiwebhost.com says...
>
> <nigel.t@by.uk> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1f9489496079c6d5989907@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >I have a page that contains just
> >
> > <?php
> > session_start();
> > $_SESSION['test'] = 'HELLO';
> > $host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
> > $uri = rtrim(dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']), '/\\');
> > $extra = '../listings/store.php';
> > header("Location: http://$host$uri/$extra");
> > exit;
> > ?>
> >
> > store.php would then start with:
> >
> > <?php
> > session_start();
> > echo($_SESSION['test']);
> > // and so on
> > ?>
> >
> >
> > The purpose of the page is just to do a re-direct but is needed.
> >
> > The problem I have is this:
> >
> > If a user comes to my site with: www.mysite.com and then visits
> > the above re-direct script/page all is well and the page store.php can do
> >
> > echo($_SESSION['test']); and get HELLO out.
> >
> > BUT
> >
> > If the user comes to the site with just mysite.com
> > PHP sets TWO PHPSESSID cookies : one for mysite.com and another for
> > www.mysite.com
> >
> > This causes the $_SESSION['test'] variable to be lost.
> >
> > Hard coding the re-direct page can't cure this for me.
> >
> > Can anyone shed any light or help me prevent the second PHPSESSID from
> > losing the variable please?
> >
>
> You could always use a htaccess redirect to ensure that people who came to
> yoursite.com would be redirected to www.yoursite.com
>
Thanks for the idea peter but that doesn't do it I'm afraid as I'd need
the redirect everywhere on the site.
This is turning into a worrying problem here. Fortunately we havn't
implemented passwords with PHP sessions! That would have been a disaster.
nigel.
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