RE: [PHP] $_SESSION problem [SOLVED (sort-of)]

On 11 April 2008 14:45, tedd advised: > At 10:12 PM -0400 4/10/08, Eric Wood wrote: >> tedd wrote: >>> >>> [1] http://www.webbytedd.com/x/index.php >>> [2] http://sperling.com/x/index.php >>> >>> Both of these demos have the exact same code; and are on the same >>> server; with exactly the same php-info -- so, why do they behave >>> differently re sessions? >> >> Strange. I've run into issues whenever I use variable names which >> are the same as session variables. It's as if they step on each >> others toes. I try to use uniq var names. I've also recently run >> into customized 401 pages (which you may not see happen, check the >> logs) start up and the session data gets overwrite due to a lack of >> session file locking. -eric > > > -eric: > > You didn't provide the reason why, but you did provide a solution. > > Changing the variable names to be different than the session names fixed > the problem. > > Now, if any php guru would care to tell me why, I would > really like to know. Sounds like a register_globals=On issue.... -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, JG125, The Headingley Library, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 812 4730 Fax: +44 113 812 3211 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm