Re: php sessions

Another test: I just downloaded and installed Mozilla (1.5). I logged into my site, opened another window, and was logged in there also. I logged out of the second window, hit a "Home" link on the first window, and got a login screen. This is new behavior for a browser for me, but now I understand how it works. Thanks for the discussion. -- Rob "Rob Adams" <rob_adams@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:20031028201451.85335.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > "Curt Zirzow" <php-general@zirzow.dyndns.org> wrote in message > news:20031028201556.GC12485@bagend.shire... > > * Thus wrote Rob Adams (rob_adams@hotmail.com): > > > I will test it, because it seems I don't understand this issue as much > as I > > > could. But I can already tell you results I see right now: > > > > > > I open a web browser (IE) and login to my application. I open another > > > window (IE) and goto the web application, and it asks me to login. This > is > > > all on the same computer. (As I've explained all this before.) Now, > > > perhaps I don't know what I'm talking about, and this is a different > issue. > > > If so, I'm pretty sure you'll certainly try to set me straight. If not, > > > then it certainly seems relevant to the discussion, and that my one > client > > > (IE) is sending two different requests from two different windows on the > > > same computer. > > > > This is entirely up to the client, deciding to send a cookie or not > > when opening a new browser window. You can even turn the behaviour, > > you describe, off in IE. > > > > The problem is the php script doesn't know that the browser you > > opened (that give you back the login screen) is even related to the > > other browser window. All the php script knows is that you simply > > don't have a cookie. > > That has been my point all along. Perhaps I misunderstood you: > > "there is no way for a remote Web server to distinguish between two > instances of the > same browser running on the client machine." > vs. > "The problem is the php script doesn't know that the browser you > opened (that give you back the login screen) is even related to the > other browser window." > > Aren't these almost exactly opposite statements? > Isn't the web server distinguishing between the two instances? Using the > cookie? > > -- Rob > > > > > > > > > > Curt > > -- > > "My PHP key is worn out" > > > > PHP List stats since 1997: > > http://zirzow.dyndns.org/html/mlists/