Bug #16389: session_name doesnt work as expected

From: assid@assid.com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: session_name doesnt work as expected session_name is supposed to get/set the session name. So basically if i have a session variable which is registered under a particular session name and a session id i should be able to propogate it across any subdomain. Now heres the real problem i have a domain.com which works on eisessid as its session name and i have abc.domain.com which i am trying to access the session information. When i set session_name to eisessid i do not get the information of that session(from within my php script). However, when i put session.name as eisessvar in my .htaccess of abc.domain.com i am able to retrieve the information. Since session_name is supposed to set/get the name of the session and i am propogating the session id to work, shouldnt session_name from within my code be able to access the session variables ? instead of having to only do it from .htaccess ? -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16389&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16389&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16389&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16389&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16389&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16389&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16389&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16389&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16389&r=submittedtwice