#23681 [NEW]: Unclear error msg. when PHPSESSID manually deleted from URL by user

From: php at lapage dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: Unclear error msg. when PHPSESSID manually deleted from URL by user Request for a better error msg. If the user disables cookies and changes the URL to http://domain.tld/form.php?PHPSESSID= Then the resulting Apache 1.3 error log reads: PHP Warning: session_start(): The session id contains illegal characters, valid characters are only a-z, A-Z and 0-9 in /zz/zzdomain/www/form.php on line 3 PHP Warning: Unknown(): The session id contains illegal characters, valid characters are only a-z, A-Z and 0-9 in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: Unknown(): Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp_php/zzdomainzz) in Unknown on line 0 <?php session_start(); @$ct= ++$_SESSION['count']; echo<<<EOF [$ct]<br><form method="get"> See hidden input<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Test"></form> <a href="$PHP_SELF?foo=bar">See new href</a> EOF; ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23681&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23681&r=gnused