RE: [PHP] Debugging a Session Problem

At 11:55 AM 7/25/2003, you wrote:

If you are relying on cookies to transmit the session ID, make sure you have session cookies enabled in your browser. Also check that you don't have an .htacess file in your directory that is overriding the register_globals setting. Turn your error_reporting up to E_ALL and see if PHP has anything to say to you.

Yes, cookies are enabled in the browser (and the same browser works with the application on the old system). And no .htaccess files. When I set error_reporting to E_ALL I do get:

        Notice: Undefined variable: test in /srv/www/htdocs/etrak/page2.php on line 3

which is the reference to $test in

        echo "test is $test<br>";
because $test was to have been a session variable, but wasn't passed.   Other than that, no errors.

CPT John W. Holmes wrote:

Seem to remember something about starting a session and then redirecting with header causing trouble. Try using session_write_close() before you redirect.

I also tried adding the session_write_close() with no change... Each time I get a new session file in /tmp, but all are zero length... ls -l /tmp

drwxrwxrwt    6 root     root          592 Jul 25 12:48 .
drwxr-xr-x   18 root     root          408 Jul 25 12:47 ..
-rw-------    1 wwwrun   nogroup         0 Jul 25 12:49 sess_39e04150efb3de58764ce04dae572401
-rw-------    1 wwwrun   nogroup         0 Jul 25 11:57 sess_4d9573209bf3688c380d33c94f64be47
-rw-------    1 wwwrun   nogroup         0 Jul 17 16:55 sess_5160b002714849a598a8a1e62a78a2eb
-rw-------    1 wwwrun   nogroup         0 Jul 20 08:36 sess_7a053a0dd515170e6d0ace739860b71f
-rw-------    1 wwwrun   nogroup         0 Jul 25 11:55 sess_903ef4579ee2f596981aad08efd3bc9d

Thanks for any debugging suggestions... Lee ---------- Lee Stewart, Senior SE Sytek Services, a Division of DSG (719) 566-0188 , Fax (719) 566-0655 lstewart@dsgroup.com www.sytek-services.com www.dsgroup.com