Bug #17106 Updated: Session variable disappears

ID: 17106 Updated by: chris@dvdplaza.com.au Reported By: Lee.Seldon@infotech.monash.edu.au Status: Open Bug Type: Session related Operating System: Win98, Win2000 Pro PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: For f#cks sake, we STILL have this damn problem under 4.2.1 as well. This is really starting to p#ss me off - we generate a HUGE amount of traffic, one of the top ten movie related sites in this country, and this session problem is causing viewers to constantly reload pages so that their bloody cookie logs them in - thus our bandwidth is shooting through the bloody roof (read $$$$$$$$$ down the toilet)... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-13 20:32:50] Lee.Seldon@infotech.monash.edu.au The last version for which this script works on all my tested platforms (Win98-Win2000, Apache1.3.22, Netscape 4.75) is 4.0.6. Using the php4xx-installer.exe for MS Windows. Also note that 4.0.6 does NOT register PHP in the MS Win registry, whereas versions >= 4.1.0 DO register it. Could the registry be causing problems with session variables? Just a question from an un-initiated user. Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-13 19:28:07] Lee.Seldon@infotech.monash.edu.au 14 May 2002 PHP 4.2.1, all other settings as before Same behavior as 4.2.0 - on "submit" the login prompt immediately re-appears. So has NOT been fixed. The last version for which this script works is 4.1.0 Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-09 01:34:57] chris@dvdplaza.com.au I found the following on Zend's site: ---- FIX: 4.2.0 session SID broken Sascha Schumann has posted a fix for problems with the session SID under 4.2.0. If you need it immediately, the fix can be found at http://apache.org/~sascha/php-420-session-fix, or will be available in 4.2.1 along with the other fixes since 4.2.0. ---- Sounds like it may resolve the issue we're having??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-08 22:18:00] Lee.Seldon@infotech.monash.edu.au Sequence of tests: originally running php4.1.0 Un-installed that, installed php4.2.0 - found bug. Un-installed php4.2.0, installed php4.1.2 - still bug. Same behavior if Apache/php and Netscape on same machine (using 127.0.0.1 or localhost) or on different machines with different users. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-08 20:23:43] chris@dvdplaza.com.au When it fails under PHP 4.1.2, does it fail for ALL users or just SOME users? We've been having sheer hell since upgrading to PHP 4.2 with exactly this - SOME people are having severe intermittent problems with reading cookies (ie sometimes they'll login okay, other times they keep being asked to login), others (such as myself) have no problem what-so-ever. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/17106 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17106&edit=1