#25901 [NEW]: session id breaks HTML spec

From:	simon at mindlib dot co dot uk	Date:	Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:36:45 +0000
Subject:	#25901 [NEW]: session id breaks HTML spec
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From:             simon at mindlib dot co dot uk
Operating system: any
PHP version:      4.3.1
PHP Bug Type:     *Configuration Issues
Bug description:  session id breaks HTML spec

Description:
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A minor issue, but an important one.

When a URL is generated by PHP a session id tag is added of the form
&PHPSESSID=...

In the configuration, the default character used to link tags is a
straight ampersand. However, the W3C spec regarding character entities
states that & should be used to avoid confusion. Since I cannot change
the INI files of my ISP, this means I cannot get my pages to validate
under W3C rules.

The default string used to separate tags in automatically generated URLs
should be &



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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25901&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (php4):  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=trysnapshot4
Try a CVS snapshot (php5):  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=trysnapshot5
Fixed in CVS:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=needtrace
Try newer version:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=support
Expected behavior:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=php3
Daylight Savings:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=dst
IIS Stability:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25901&r=float


   

Thread (5 messages)

• simon at mindlib dot co dot ukSat, 18 Oct 2003 16:36:45 +0000
  • phildriscoll@php.netSat, 18 Oct 2003 16:57:46 +0000#25901 [Opn->Bgs]: session id breaks HTML spec
  • simon at mindlib dot co dot ukSun, 19 Oct 2003 20:39:13 +0000#25901 [Bgs->Opn]: session id breaks HTML spec
  • iliaa@php.netSun, 19 Oct 2003 22:28:52 +0000#25901 [Opn->Bgs]: session id breaks HTML spec
  • simon at mindlib dot co dot ukMon, 20 Oct 2003 17:21:40 +0000#25901 [Bgs]: session id breaks HTML spec