Bug #15513: Session Not Saved if header(Location... used

From: dante.lorenso@atmosenergy.com Operating system: Windows 98 and RedHat Linux 7.2 PHP version: 4.1.1 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: Session Not Saved if header(Location... used If I try to set or unset a session variable by using the $_SESSION method of session handling, before using a 'header("Location: /xyz");' redirect, the session variable modification is not saved. I've tried to use a 'flush()' a 'session_write_close()' and 'exit;'...nothing seems to help. class A { /* CONSTRUCTOR */ function A() { session_start(); } /* works */ function foo() { $_SESSION["AUTH"] = "Dante"; } /* does NOT work */ function bar() { $_SESSION["AUTH"] = ""; header("Location: http://www.yahoo.com/"); // flush(); // session_write_close(); // exit; } /* does NOT work */ function bar2() { unset($_SESSION["AUTH"]); header("Location: http://www.yahoo.com/"); } } //---------- /* file1.html $a = new A(); $a->foo(); // works //---------- /* file2.html $a = new A(); $a->bar(); // fails //---------- /* file3.html $a = new A(); $a->bar2(); // fails -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15513&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15513&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15513&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15513&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15513&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15513&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15513&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15513&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15513&r=submittedtwice