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Posted by Dikkie Dik on 11/14/05 09:42
You didn't set use_only_cookies ? In that case, PHP should use a GET
parameter in the URL for communicating the session ID.
Marcus wrote:
> I know that when you start a session in PHP, the "cookie" it creates is
> not the same as those that are stored in your browser's temp folder, and
> instead is kept in RAM. I am confused because in every session tutorial
> I have ever read, the author invariably mentions the 2 main ways of
> propagating sessions - through cookies and appended to the URL. The
> author also almost always talks about the method being dependent on the
> user's preferences, for example whether he/she accepts cookies. I am so
> confused because I have tried setting my browser to reject all cookies,
> and in php.ini I have session.use_cookies = 1. I have also restarted
> apache with both session.use_only_cookies = 1 and with it commented out
> as it is by default. In all cases, my scripts always work exactly like
> they should. As far as I can tell, if I am explicitly saying that PHP
> MUST use cookies to handle my sessions, and I am setting my browser to
> reject ALL cookies, my script should not execute successfully. Also,
> when I output the contents of $_COOKIE, I get my valid session id,
> meaning the cookie is being set. Meanwhile, trying to log in to other
> sites on the web that require cookies fails (as it should). If setting
> my browser to reject all cookies has no effect, what else could a user
> possibly do to make sessions using cookies not work? Thanks a bunch.
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