Bug #17106 Updated: Session variable disappears

ID: 17106 Updated by: rodif_bl@php.net 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: Can you supply a small script reproducing this problem also how frequent it happens? every page view or random or every 10 page views? _ brad Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-14 00:24:26] chris@dvdplaza.com.au 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)... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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