Bug #17144 Updated: No Session ID and losing Session Var's between pages

ID: 17144 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: eric.jones@hua.army.mil -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Session related Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5 PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: Question is, does it work when you have session_start() or not? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-28 22:14:46] eric.jones@hua.army.mil It was my understanding from the online docs that if i have session auto start set to on (ie 1) that i would not need the session_start() function. but if this is not the case then i guess i do not have a bug :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-27 22:45:33] sniper@php.net session_start() is _required_ even with the new $_SESSION variable..was this the problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-13 19:07:32] eric.jones@hua.army.mil also trying to echo session_id(); with no success. Still not working in 4.2.1 released May 13th Also i can't Edit my submission ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-10 14:57:44] eric.jones@hua.army.mil Config line: ./configure '--prefix=/usr/opt/php' '--with-apxs=/usr/opt/apache/sbin/apxs' '--with-mysql=/usr/opt/mysql' '--with-pgsql=/usr/opt/pgsql' '--with-mm' '--with-ldap' '--enable-trans-sid' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-shared' '--enable-mhash' '--enable-ftp' '--with-gettext' '--enable-mailparse' '--enable-libgcc' '--enable-calendar' '--with-openssl' Other details: Register Globals = OFF Enable Trans SID = ON Set Session Cookies = 1 Session Auto Start = 1 I have a login form that asks for a used name and password. Once the user has been authenticated they are assigned a set of $_SESSION Variables: ----code---- $_SESSION['login'] = $_POST['login']; $_SESSION['password'] = $_POST['password']; $_SESSION['logged'] = $_POST['logged']; $_SESSION['action'] = $action; $_SESSION['rank_id'] = $rank_id; ----end code ---- When the users click on a link in the menu system all these variables are lost (ie echos come up blank). If i add the session_start(); at the top of the page then the variables are passed without a problem. If at any time i try to echo out the Session ID (which for me is SFDICsession) i get a blank value using the following code: ----code---- <?=$_REQUEST['SFIDCsession']?> ----end code ----- thoughts? Thanks in advance! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17144&edit=1