PHP 4.0 Bug #6700 Updated: Problem With Objects as Session Variables

ID: 6700 User Update by: dkm@cwcom.net Status: Assigned Bug Type: *Session related Description: Problem With Objects as Session Variables I' ve found the problem. My php.ini had "session.auto_start = On" which was causing the session to be started before the class definition was available. So the problem was stated in the error message after all. Perhaps there is an argument for insisting that users always post their php.ini, or at least the parts that are relevant to their problem. Thanks for your help. David Marley Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-09-12 23:37:31] joey@php.net Assigning to me unless someone has an answer ready. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-09-12 23:36:25] joey@php.net Ooops. Looks like we were editing at the same time! :) I'll look into this. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-09-12 23:31:12] joey@php.net Your problem is stated right in the error message. PHP needs the class definition to be loaded in order to reconstruct the object. In other words: sencond.php needs person.inc, also --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-09-12 23:30:56] dkm@cwcom.net I missed out the require statement in second.php. The actual script is: second.php ========== <? require("person.inc"); session_start(); ?> <html> <head> <title>Second</title> </head> <body> <? $aperson->display_details(); ?> </body> </html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-09-12 23:01:39] dkm@cwcom.net My problem appears to be the same as Bug id #6604 which, as yet, has received no feedback. While simple variables work fine, I receive the following error with the example scripts below: "Fatal error: The script tried to execute a method or access a property of an incomplete object. Please ensure that the class definition person of the object you are trying to operate on was loaded _before_ the session was started in /usr2/www/test/sessions/second.php on line 6" If I use $ser_aperson = serialize($aperson) in first.php and unser_aperson = unserialize($ser_aperson) then unser_aperson->print_details() works fine. I understand that serialization of objects should be handled automatically by the session module. person.inc ========== class person { var $first_name = "John"; var $surname = "Smith"; function display_details() { print("First Name: ". $this->first_name. "<br>"); print("Surname: ". $this->surname. "<br>"); } } first.php ========= <? require("person.inc"); session_start(); session_register(aperson); $aperson = new person; ?> <html> <head> <title>First</title> </head> <body> <a href="second.php">Second</a> </body> </html> second.php ========== <? session_start(); ?> <html> <head> <title>Second</title> </head> <body> <? $aperson->display_details(); ?> </body> </html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online. Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=6700