#39931 [NEW]: Have to login twice before variables are set

From: stefan dot lakerveld at sogeti dot nl Operating system: IIS PHP version: 4.4.4 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: Have to login twice before variables are set Description: ------------ I made a simple login page which redirects to another page if the userid and password is correct. I verify the login by setting a session variable which is checked in the redirected page. If the session variable is not correct then the user is returned to the login page again. The problem is this: if a user enters a correct password for the first then he is still being redirected back to the login page. if the user enters the correct password again then he is directed to the next page. During the session this problem doesn't occur again and the user can logoff and logon again without problems. But only the first time he has to login twice which is very annoying. Reproduce code: --------------- login.php $_SESSION['login'] = "Y"; echo "<script language='Javascript'>"; echo "document.location = 'http://www.somesite.com/index.php?team=999'"; echo "</script>"; index.php if ($_SESSION['login'] != "Y") { header("location: inloggen.php"); exit (); } else { echo "Welcome"; } (i simplified the scripts) Expected result: ---------------- I would expect that after the first succesfull login the script index.php would receive a session variable 'login' filled with a "Y" Actual result: -------------- After a succesfull login the script index.php receives session variable 'login' being empty and sends the user back to login.php If the user enters the (same) correct data again then the second time script index.php DOES receive a "Y" in session variable 'login' -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39931&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39931&r=mysqlcfg