#14636 [Com]: Session variables are lost when redirecting to a url using header() function.

ID: 14636 Comment by: moon_wizard at yahoo dot coom Reported By: kannan at tmsassociates dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Session related Operating System: windows 2000 professional PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment: I just ran into the same issue. I set up PHP and Apache on my home Windows machine. I was able to successfully set SESSION variables and recover after a header() call. When I moved the file to my hosting provider, the SESSION variables were lost. I think that my hosting provider might be using IIS. I tried the session_write_close() with no success. John Gregory Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-13 15:34:34] mgandalf at seznam dot cz Hi, I just look at your source and php.ini and it was clear to me. Problem is here: "session.cookie_path = c:\temp". It is not path to file but path on web server where is cookie valid. So change it to "session.cookie_path = /" and it will work. When it is for example "/dir_name", cookie is valid just for http://server/dir_name/, but not for http://server/dir_name2/ and in this 2nd case will not be sent. Gandalf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-09 17:47:15] writeto_ben at hotmail dot com I would have liked a simple header redirect as well, but unfortunately the other suggestions didn't solve the issue. However, setting a javascript redirect seemed to do the trick. I'm using Win2k professional, IIS 5.0, PHP Version 4.3.4 This will work on IE browsers. Just modify the javascript for netscape compatibility. <? //...perform login check, produce $errStr if fails if($errStr){ header("Location: login.php?err=".$errStr); }else{ print '<html> <body onload=eval("window.location.href=\'http://blahblahblah/default.php\';");></body> </html>'; } ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-12-05 23:28:10] venki_cute123 at rediffmail dot com i have a session variable to be accessed in same page but submit twice in same page at third time I am not able to access session variable ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-11-22 18:18:19] andrew dot whale at which dot net Hi I've also had a similar problem of session variables not being passed following a call to header(). I am running PHP 4.0.15 on an XP m/c. The following worked for me, by placing a session_write_close() before the call to header, followed by and exit(): session_write_close(); header("Location: $strPage"); exit(); I hope this will be of use to some. Andrew Whale ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-02-07 21:23:36] yohgaki@php.net This issue will not be able to be fixed by PHP. Some browser does not set cookie for initial request. To make sure cookie is enabled _always_, user must check it first. http://www.zend.com/search_code_author.php?author=yohgaki Use session helper html or other people post without JavaScript version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/14636 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14636&edit=1