#27688 [NEW]: Session names consisting of only numbers cause session id generation

From: ryan at daelibs dot com dot au Operating system: Redhat 9 PHP version: 5.0.0RC1 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: Session names consisting of only numbers cause session id generation Description: ------------ When you use a session name that has only numbers, each call to session_start seems to regenerate a new session id, so the session does not persist. The code below can be loaded and refreshed to reproduce the behaviour Reproduce code: --------------- <?php //This name works //session_name('A9'); //This name doesn't session_name('99'); session_start(); echo 'Session Name: '.session_name().'<br />'; echo 'Session Id: '.session_id().'<br />'; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Session Name: 99 Session Id: {{a sid that remains the same between each refresh }} Actual result: -------------- Session Name: 99 Session Id: {{a different sid each refresh}} -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27688&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27688&r=float