#42043 [NEW]: session_decode does not populate $_SESSION

From: rmgraci at yahoo dot com Operating system: Vista PHP version: 5.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: session_decode does not populate $_SESSION Description: ------------ session_decode() is returning the correct data, but it is not populating $_SESSION. This is contrary to the documentation I found, which says the opposite should be done. I like that session_decode() returns a value, but it should also populate $_SESSION. Reproduce code: --------------- $myvar = session_decode($data); var_dump($myvar); echo '<br />'; var_dump($_SESSION); Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) bool(false) Actual result: -------------- bool(false) array(0) { } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42043&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42043&r=mysqlcfg