Posted by John on 12/16/05 04:09

Gordon Burditt wrote:
>>>PHP sessions do work very well - except for one problem I found.
>>>
>>>MS IE kept using a different session ID for every page it requested !
>>>
>>>
>>>I solved this by creating my own session ID and storing it in a
>>>cookie, so I could get it back and force the same session ID each
>>>time.
>
>
> I have to wonder WHY this would fix the problem. What is better
> about YOU creating the session ID and storing it in a cookie vs.
> PHP creating a session ID and storing it in a cookie? Perhaps
> someone is blocking the cookie 'PHPSESSID' and leaving others alone?

Yes, I know what you mean, as far as I understand, PHP just uses a
cookie to store the session ID anyway.

But, I found that MS IE users were being treated to a new session ID
for every page requested...

I fixed it, but I shouldn't have needed to ?

John.

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