RE: [PHP] Re: problem with sessions config.

Thanks for your answers people; but i'm still having the problem, ¿any approach to the reason?. Remember everything works fine in on-line servers, so it may not be a problem of the code, but a config. one;cheers, Nicolas. > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:58:15 +0530 > From: admin@itech7.com > Subject: [PHP] Re: problem with sessions config. > > N . Boatswain wrote: > > Hello guys; i'm having a problem with session behavior; i'm going straight to > > it, but first some considerations: > > PHP Version 5.2.5IIF 5.1Running on localhost (XP machine)I start sessions at the top of > > every page. > > > > A the start of a test page, just as example, i do the assignment: > > $_SESSION["username"] = "aaa"; > > > > At the end of the same page i print it's value: echo > > $_SESSION["username"]; > > > > And i get the layout: "aaa", as expecteed. > > > > Then I redirect to another page. On that one, after initializating the session > > ("session_start();") print again the $_SESSION["username"] content and the > > result is empty. If i try the same code on a server (all this is on my local machine), the code > > works as expected; so i think it is a configuration problem, here is my php.ini part that correspond > > to session configuration, so you can tell my if i'm doing anything wrong, long comments where > > removed: > > > > [Session]; Handler used to store/retrieve data.session.save_handler = > > files;session.save_path = "/tmp" BC 13/12/07session.save_path="/tmp"; Whether to > > use cookies.session.use_cookies = 1;session.cookie_secure = ; This option enables administrators to > > make their users invulnerable to; attacks which involve passing session ids in URLs; defaults to > > 0.session.use_only_cookies = 1; Name of the session (used as cookie name).session.name = PHPSESSID; > > Initialize session on request startup.session.auto_start = 1; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if > > 0, until browser is restarted.session.cookie_lifetime = 0; The path for which the cookie is > > valid.session.cookie_path = /; The domain for which the cookie is valid.session.cookie_domain =; > > Whether or not to add the httpOnly flag to the cookie, which makes it inaccessible to browser > > scripting languages such as JavaScript.session.cookie_httponly = ; Handler used to serialize data. > > php is the standard serializer of PHP.session.serialize_ha > ndler = php; Define the probability that the 'garbage collection' process is started; > on every session initialization.; The probability is calculated by using gc_probability/gc_divisor,; > e.g. 1/100 means there is a 1% chance that the GC process starts; on each > request.session.gc_probability = 1session.gc_divisor = 1000; After this number of seconds, > stored data will be seen as 'garbage' and; cleaned up by the garbage collection > process.session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440session.bug_compat_42 = 0session.bug_compat_warn = 1; Check > HTTP Referer to invalidate externally stored URLs containing ids.; HTTP_REFERER has to contain this > substring for the session to be; considered as valid.session.referer_check =; How many bytes to read > from the file.session.entropy_length = 0; Specified here to create the session > id.session.entropy_file =;session.entropy_length = 16;session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom; Set to > {nocache,private,public,} to determine HTTP caching aspects; or leave this empt > y to avoid sending anti-caching headers.session.cache_limiter = nocache; Document expires after > n minutes.session.cache_expire = 180session.use_trans_sid = 0; Select a hash function; 0: MD5 (128 > bits); 1: SHA-1 (160 bits)session.hash_function = 0; Define how many bits are stored in each > character when converting; the binary hash data to something readable.;; 4 bits: 0-9, a-f; 5 bits: > 0-9, a-v; 6 bits: 0-9, a-z, A-Z, "-", ","session.hash_bits_per_character = 5; > The URL rewriter will look for URLs in a defined set of HTML tags.; form/fieldset are special; if > you include them here, the rewriter will; add a hidden <input> field with the info which is > otherwise appended; to URLs. If you want XHTML conformity, remove the form entry..; Note that all > valid entries require a "=", even if no value follows.url_rewriter.tags = > "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset=" > > > > Well, thanks and sorry for my english; > > > > Nicolás. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Watch “Cause Effect,” a show about real people making a real difference. Learn more. > > > > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcause > > It works for me; I am using php-5.2.5 with lighttpd and FastCGI. > > I called session_start() on both the pages. > > and > > I have enabled session.use_trans_sid. > > You can temporarily override it from the php script by using this - > <? > //...other code > ini_set("session.use_trans_sid",1); > //...other code > ?> > > Try and report again. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > _________________________________________________________________ In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_realtime_042008