Re: $_SESSION problem [NOW SOLVED]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:34 PM, tedd <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> wrote: > At 11:33 AM -0400 4/11/08, Daniel Brown wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Ford, Mike <M.Ford@leedsmet.ac.uk> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Sounds like a register_globals=On issue.... > > > > > > > It does to me, as well. I know, Tedd, that on the php1.net site > > that you mentioned to me off-list, I'm about 99% positive that it's > > the reason. Shared hosts generally keep register_globals on and leave > > it up to the individual customer to turn it off. On that particular > > server, though, since it's mostly developers, I may just send out an > > email to get feedback and turn it off at the main, and then allow > > ya'all to override it on your individual sites. > > > > The thing that makes me wonder (and I haven't checked myself to > > verify) is why two sites, on the same server, having the same > > > > Hey! > > I found it and you were right. > > On my webbytedd.com site, I had a htaccess file that read: > > AddDefaultCharset utf-8 > > php_value register_globals 0 > php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0 > php_value magic_quotes_sybase 0 > php_value magic_quotes_runtime 0 > > And I didn't have that htaccess file on my sperling.com site. However, what > fooled me was in both scripts I had: > > ini_set( 'register_globals', '0' ); > > So, I thought that was the same, but apparently it's not. Maybe because my > server had safe_mode ON it won't allow it -- I don't know. Another question > for another time. > > Thanks a bunch guys! > > Cheers, > > tedd > > PS: I did try the session_write_close and several other suggestions, but > none worked. The register_globals value is something that cannot be set at runtime. If you pass it to ini_set(), it will appear to work -- you won't get an error and successive calls to phpinfo() will show the new value; however, by the time PHP gets far enough down the chain to execute your ini_set() command, PHP has already determined whether it should register global variables. The manual indicates that this wasn't always the case, but (not knowing the internals then or now) I don't understand how. (The table on that page says it was PHP_INI_ALL for versions up to 4.2.3.) http://us.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.register-globals Andrew