#19029 [Com]: Session data randomly disappearing and logging users out

ID: 19029 Comment by: ivo@ibuildings.nl Reported By: rossr@reactive.com Status: No Feedback Bug Type: Session related Operating System: Linux (2.4 Kernal) PHP Version: 4.2.2 New Comment: [18 Oct 3:29am] ivo@ibuildings.nl I'm experiencing this too, and I might have some usefull feedback! I don't see the 'failed to write' messages. But I do have the random loss of sessions. I've modified my script so I get an email with all GET_VARS, SERVER_VARS etc. whenever the sessiondata is lost. I found a very weird thing with respect to the session cookie. It contained: HTTP_COOKIE = 1; PHPSESSID=f1faf3374d562e8738f64e7e7e030972; pollvoted[1]=1; (... some other data left out for privacy reasons); PHPSESSID=842be4994a9c424fd7d4f9f8049aadc9 There are two separate PHPSESSID's in the same cookie! Maybe one of the too is indeed invalid (no session date) How is this possible? (I originally submitted this comment to bug 19022, but this bug is probably a better place) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-14 19:26:53] php-bugs@lists.php.net No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the information that was originally requested, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-09-26 12:09:12] sniper@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-22 07:43:45] sander@php.net Dupe of #19022. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-22 07:27:09] phpbugs@mx4k.com hi, try to turn on error logging to a file in php.ini. I'm experiencing the same problem and my logfile is filled with: [22-Aug-2002 13:24:08] PHP Warning: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0 [22-Aug-2002 13:24:29] PHP Warning: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0 [22-Aug-2002 13:24:40] PHP Warning: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=19022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-21 21:34:47] rossr@reactive.com For the most part our sessions work fine. However at random times the session data appears to just disappear and the user is logged out. They can then log straight back in no problems and create a new session. Due to it's random nature this is really hard to track down and provide anything that can replicate it. It happens across different browsers and platforms. PHP is running as the CGI version with Apache/1.3.19 (Unix) and the site has FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 extensions. The session settings for our PHP.ini file is as follows: Directive Local Value Master Value =========================== =========== ============== session.auto_start Off Off session.cache_expire 180 180 session.cache_limiter nocache nocache session.cookie_domain no value no value session.cookie_lifetime 0 0 session.cookie_path / / session.cookie_secure Off Off session.entropy_file no value no value session.entropy_length 0 0 session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 1440 session.gc_probability 1 1 session.name PHPSESSID PHPSESSID session.referer_check no value no value session.save_handler files files session.save_path /tmp /tmp session.serialize_handler php php session.use_cookies On On session.use_trans_sid 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=19029&edit=1