#27451 [Opn->Fbk]: Losing Session vars for unknown reason

ID: 27451 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: hamid at wannameet dot nl -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Session related Operating System: FreeBSD PHP Version: 4.3.4 New Comment: Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-03-06 11:53:58] hamid at wannameet dot nl Here is a screenshot of my sessions db-table to prove the point of losing session vars. http://www.wannameet.nl/error/session_screen.gif ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-03-02 16:48:12] hamid at wannameet dot nl hi idong, yeh i find it really strange too. Also because i am not getting any errors concerning the session itself. And other annoying thing is the randomness of this problem, because when i try to invoke the error it is not occuring. So i am really lost :( ;) Although i am starting to suspect my hostingcompany ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-03-02 16:36:50] hamid at wannameet dot nl i have put my latest error_log in the directory php_bug as you can see the session exists but sess_lang and sess_referer are empty. // error function session_start(); $sess_lang = $_SESSION['lang']; $sess_referer = $_SESSION['referer']; $session_id = session_id(); $errorString .= "Session_id: $session_id\n"; $errorString .= "Sess_lang: $sess_lang\n"; $errorString .= "Sess_referer: $sess_referer\n"; // the format for the include files is: include("content/$sess_lang/filename.inc"); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-03-02 16:35:14] idong at gmx dot de Hello Hamid, Really strange... I tried this again, after reading your comment and now I get: lang test 1 - de 2 - en no_lang test 1 - de 2 - en I swear that I just copied and pastet the results of the script - both with my first posting and now with this one. I tried it with register_globals on and register_globals off. This is really getting strange since you get a completely different result from my example and me, I got a different result (than the first time) too. Anyway, the result from my last test (see above) isn't the expected behaviour either or am I making a mistake? Ok, lets resume the problem at this point of time: 1. With the same example I got two different results. I changed nothing in between, only some time went by. 2. Again, using my example, YOU got a completely different result - the result I would have also expected from my own tests. 3. looking at my latest results, I can say that my first analysis (bug occurs on use of "lang" as session var name) was wrong. 4. YOU have the problem, that you are "losing vars from my session occassionaly" Any help from the PHP crew? Thanks a lot, idong ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-03-02 15:42:21] hamid at wannameet dot nl hi idong, i tried your example, but the result i am getting is de de de de with register_globals Off and On ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/27451 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27451&edit=1