RE: [PHP] msession - giving me a hard time

Quote from PHP Manual: "PHP is capable of transforming links transparently. Unless you are using PHP 4.2 or later, you need to enable it manually when building PHP. Under UNIX, pass --enable-trans-sid to configure. If this build option and the run-time option session.use_trans_sid are enabled, relative URIs will be changed to contain the session id automatically." I have 4.1.2 installed. Thanks, Guillaume -----Original Message----- From: Guillaume Dupuis [mailto:guillaume.dupuis@sand.com] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 6:20 PM To: CPT John W. Holmes; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] msession - giving me a hard time This is now my initial page: <?php session_start($_GET['SID']); echo SID; ?> And it returns nothing to me. I must be retarded, your explanation is soooo simple! Thanks again, Guillaume -----Original Message----- From: CPT John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 5:57 PM To: Guillaume Dupuis; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] msession - giving me a hard time From: "Guillaume Dupuis" <guillaume.dupuis@sand.com> > I've tried your suggestion and yes, I am transferring the SID variable to > the next page... but I don't know if I am doing the this right. > > This is the code I use: > --- > <?php > session_start(); > $SID = session_id(); > echo $SID; > ?> > > <a href="http://192.0.1.7/use.session.php?SID=<?php > echo > $SID?>">LinuxBox2</a> > --- If you used session_start($_GET['SID']); on your pages, this would work. The session ID that PHP is looking for is named PHPSESSID by default. That's why you should use the SID _constant_ <a href="http://192.0.1.7/use.session.php?<?php echo SID; ?>">LinuxBox2</a> If PHP doesn't pick up a session id, you'll just end up with a new one created the next time you call session_start(). > So to recap: > 1- Do I need session_start() at the beginning of each php pages? Yes, you need it on any page you want to access the session in. > 2- Do I need msession_connect/create? Dunno about that... > 3- Am I right to use $SID as a good tracking assumption (if I get the same > SID thru several pages, this means msession works well???)? If you get the same session id after calling session_start() on your pages, then yes, it should be working. Using the above method with SID should get you this. ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php