RE: [PHP] Session problems / where to register

Still no luck, both in Apache (tried php_flag and php_value), and .htaccess (ditto) I have a feeling I am missing something very basic, but can't imagine what it is. And yes, I restarted Apache and closed out of IE after I made each and every change. Chad -----Original Message----- From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@php.net] Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 12:16 PM To: Chad Day Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Session problems / where to register You need to set it to .domain.com On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Chad Day wrote: > Still need help with this.. I've been browsing the list archives and have > tried various things. > > No luck with an .htaccess file.. I've tried <IfModule> tags and setting the > session.cookie_domain value, <Location> tags, neither worked. > > Tried making the change to httpd.conf, by putting the php_flag and php_value > tags in the <Directory> entry. Still nothing. Session variables I register > at my.domain.com aren't accessible at www.domain.com. > > I really am at a loss to what I am doing wrong, I thought maybe I couldn't > use ini_set for some permission/security reason, but I'm not running in safe > mode, and judging by the documentation I should be able to change that > value. > > The -only- way I've gotten it to work is to change it in php.ini itself, but > I plan on running some other sites here for other users, leasing out space, > and obviously I don't want them to be able to set cookies for my domain, and > I'm sure they may want to do apps where they need sessions/cookies as well. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > Chad > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chad Day [mailto:cday@atpco.com] > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:23 AM > To: Rasmus Lerdorf > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Session problems / where to register > > > Ok, thanks. I changed it in php.ini and it seems to work. > > I'd rather set it in the script, but I had problems with that: > > if (ini_set("session.cookie_domain", "domain.com")) { > echo "ini_set"; > } else { > echo "no ini"; > } > > always failed.. I also tried moving it above the session_start call (saw in > a comment on php.net), but it still failed there as well. If anyone knows > why that would be failing, please let me know. > > Thanks for your help, Rasmus. Much appreciated. > > Chad > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@php.net] > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:21 AM > To: Chad Day > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Session problems / where to register > > > > Isn't that just if I want to set cookies in that domain? I'm looking to > > just register session variables, not save cookies to the user's machine. > > That is the same thing in this case. The only way a session variable is > tied to a domain is through whatever mechanism decides how the session id > is propogated. If you are using cookies, then the cookie domain tells the > remote browser which domains to send this cookie-based session id to. > > -Rasmus > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php