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Posted by Schraalhans Keukenmeester on 05/02/07 10:25
On Wed, 02 May 2007 01:03:55 -0700, K. A. wrote:
> On May 2, 11:39 am, Mike Roetgers <miker...@informatik.uni-bremen.de>
> wrote:
>> K. A. schrieb:
>>
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>> > I have two servers at work, 'A' for testing and development, and
>> > server 'B' for production.
>> > On server A, I wrote a PHP test code to login users then direct them
>> > to a personalized page. This is done in 3 steps:
>> > Step 1. Normal http login page.
>> > Step 2. A page called login.php that takes the posted username, stores
>> > it as $_SESSION["username"], and registers it
>> > session_register("username"); user is taken to the personalized page
>> > according to his username and things are fine up to here. (this page
>> > is not displayed, only for redirecting purposes).
>> > Step 3. On the personalized page, I check whether session is started,
>> > then display a welcome message with the username. Session variables
>> > are passed across pages fine.
>>
>> > Next, I did exactly the same steps on server B; at step 2 (above) user
>> > is directed to the correct page. But when I get to step 3, the session
>> > seems to lose or set all its variables to NULL (I checked this using
>> > var_dump($_SESSION)).
>>
>> > The codes on server A and B are identical. I copied the php.ini file
>> > from server A to B (just in case there were differences) and restarted
>> > Apache on server B. But still, session variables are lost in Step 3
>> > although the session is still running.
>>
>> > Any ideas why?
>>
>> I guess session_register causes the problem.
>> You should read the "Caution"-boxes onhttp://php.net/session_register.- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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> I tried removing session register but this turned out worse as it will
> store the session variable in the first place.
> I mean, before removing session_register, the value
> $_SESSION["userid"] was set to NULL, but without session_register, it
> will not even know that there is something called
> $_SESSION["userid"] !
>
You removed the session_register occurrences, but did you instead store
the variables using $_SESSION["username"]= <whatever var or value you
use>? Can't deduct that from your reply.
Maybe a bit of the relevant code may help shed light on the matter.
Rgds,
Sh.
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