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Posted by Marcus on 11/14/05 20:03
Gordon Burditt 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.
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> This is the distinction between a cookie that vanishes when the browser
> closes and one that stays around in the browser for a specified time.
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>>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
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>>confused because I have tried setting my browser to reject all cookies,
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> Did you also *clean out* existing cookies?
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> Gordon L. Burditt
Gordon,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I've cleaned out all existing cookies and
deleted all files and history just to start clean (even though I doubt
the latter 2 have any bearing). I've also restarted apache numerous
times and tried both IE and Firefox, all to no avail.
This is from my php.ini file as viewed through phpinfo():
session.use_cookies On On
session.use_only_cookies On On
session.use_trans_sid Off Off
Now that I think about it, what good would clearing all existing cookies
in the browser do? That clears the temp directory, where php's cookies
aren't anyways... I have the default lifetime set as 0, which means they
should die once the browser is closed right?
Given all the info I have provided, am I correct in assuming my sessions
should *not* be working? Obviously I am missing something because they
are in fact working exactly as they always have.
I should mention I am doing all this testing on my localhost. Does this
have any bearing on it? I wouldn't think so but I thought it was worth
mentioning anyways.
As always, thanks for everyone's insightful help.
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