#23077 [NEW]: New Session ID created for each session

From: stevendalejones at earthlink dot net Operating system: Windows 2k SP3 PHP version: 4.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: New Session ID created for each session I've been trying to get sessions working on my system and find that a new session ID is created for each page I visit. I posted a similar question to alt.comp.lang.php but haven't gotten any response from that forum. Attached to the end of this message is some test code that fails and the information about my system. The example code fails with the message "PHP Notice: Undefined index: MyName in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\diskfilerw2\test2.php on line 3" I've also tried turning register_globals on and then using the session_register() syntax but get similar results. I've tried several versions of PHP including the current stable SNAP (4.3.2.2). I've also tried both IE (6.0.2800.1106) and Netscape (7.01) browsers. I've also determined that setting and retrieving cookies is not working. I'm guessing non functioning cookies and non functioning session variables are symptoms of the same problem. I've tried relaxing the browsers cookie settings to allow anything and also to tighten the settings to allow nothing or to be prompted. Non of those settings worked and when configured to prompt I wasn't prompted to accept a cookie. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Steve Jones stevendalejones@earthlink.net test1.php <? session_start(); $_SESSION["MyName"] = "John Doe"; header("Location: test2.php"); ?> test2.php <? session_start(); echo $_SESSION["MyName"]; ?> Error Message: PHP Notice: Undefined index: MyName in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\diskfilerw2\test2.php on line 3 Computer Information: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 IIS php 4.3.1 Relevant sections of php.ini file: [PHP] engine = On short_open_tag = On asp_tags = Off precision = 14 y2k_compliance = On output_buffering = 4096 zlib.output_compression = Off implicit_flush = Off unserialize_callback_func= allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off safe_mode = Off safe_mode_gid = Off safe_mode_include_dir = safe_mode_exec_dir = safe_mode_allowed_env_vars = PHP_ safe_mode_protected_env_vars = LD_LIBRARY_PATH disable_functions = expose_php = On max_execution_time = 30 max_input_time = 60 memory_limit = 8M error_reporting = E_ALL display_errors = Off display_startup_errors = Off log_errors = On log_errors_max_len = 1024 ignore_repeated_errors = Off ignore_repeated_source = Off report_memleaks = On track_errors = Off variables_order = "GPCS" register_globals = Off register_argc_argv = Off post_max_size = 8M gpc_order = "GPC" magic_quotes_gpc = Off magic_quotes_runtime = Off magic_quotes_sybase = Off auto_prepend_file = auto_append_file = default_mimetype = "text/html" doc_root = user_dir = extension_dir = ./ enable_dl = On cgi.force_redirect = 0 file_uploads = On upload_max_filesize = 2M allow_url_fopen = On default_socket_timeout = 60 [Session] session.save_handler = files session.save_path = c:\php\sessiondata session.use_cookies = 1 session.name = PHPSESSID session.auto_start = 0 session.cookie_lifetime = 0 session.cookie_path = / session.cookie_domain = session.serialize_handler = php session.gc_probability = 1 session.gc_dividend = 1000 session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440 session.bug_compat_42 = 0 session.bug_compat_warn = 1 session.referer_check = session.entropy_length = 0 session.entropy_file = session.cache_limiter = nocache session.cache_expire = 180 session.use_trans_sid = 0 url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23077&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23077&r=gnused