#42750 [Opn]: if session_name contains a dot, a new session is started every request

ID: 42750 User updated by: dominik dot dorn at gmail dot com Reported By: dominik dot dorn at gmail dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Session related Operating System: Gentoo Linux PHP Version: 5.2.4 New Comment: well then it should not even set the cookie with the dot in it, shouldn't it? Could it be, that the "only alphanumeric" thing is a relict from the register_globals=on time? Even if the manual says, the session_id should only contain alphanumeric characters, it does not say that it has to. I think there is a just a simple bug in the method, which reads the session cookie back in, because setting the cookie works. thanks for your help Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-09-25 09:58:55] jani@php.net From the manual: "It should contain only alphanumeric characters". This propably should have some sort of check for invalid chars used in the name. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-09-25 09:16:47] jani@php.net It's propably the fact that PHP changes dots in incoming data into _ but I need to investigate a bit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-09-24 22:28:48] dominik dot dorn at gmail dot com Description: ------------ i was trying to fool a little around and tried to set the session_name to "MYSITE.NET_SessionID'. PHP sets a cookie with the name ASP.NET_SessionID but seems not to read it at the next page request. Reproduce code: --------------- I tried this with the session_name("ASP.NET_SessionID"); function and with setting it thru php.ini session.name = MYSITE.NET_SessionID i even tried to surround the text with quotes in php.ini like session.name = "MYSITE.NET_SessionID" or session.name = 'MYSITE.NET_SessionID" Expected result: ---------------- php reads the session id from the cookie names "MYSITE.NET_SessionID' and then reads the sessiondata with the specified sessionhash ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42750&edit=1