RE: [PHP] Help with sessions problem please [SOLVED]

Thanks guys for the help, adding SID to my iframe src solved my immediate problem. Am I correct in thinking then that the SID is automatically passed on relative URLs only within the same browser/[i]frame/window when use_trans_sid is enabled? Graham > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Shiflett [mailto:shiflett@php.net] > Sent: 14 October 2004 11:03 > To: Jason Wong; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Help with sessions problem please > > > --- Jason Wong <php-general@gremlins.biz> wrote: > > Use an absolute URL for header redirects. > > Glad to see someone else preaching the good HTTP gospel. :-) > > > You're passing the session id (SID) onto script2 but not to > > script3, if that's the only method by which you're propagating > > the session id then script3 is not going to have a session. > > I think Jason hit the nail on the head with this one, but you might not > understand the answer. While script3.php might seem to be within > script2.php, due to the visual layout you're providing with the iframe, > this is completely independent of the technical implementation, which is > that each is a separate resource. > > If that's confusing, think of an iframe as a little embedded browser. If > it fails to properly identify itself (via cookie or URL), then there is no > existing session to resume. Your call to session_start() will actually > create a new session every time script3.php is requested. > > Hope that helps. > > Chris > > ===== > Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ > > PHP Security - O'Reilly HTTP Developer's Handbook - Sams > Coming December 2004 http://httphandbook.org/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >