Re: session_register()

I am experiencing this EXACT SAME PROBLEM after upgrading PHP from 4.0.4pl2 to 4.0.5. It is ROYALLY TICKING ME OFF!!! I can't complete my site until this stupid functionality is FIXED!!!! WTF! ""Johnson, Kirk"" <kjohnson@zootweb.com> wrote in message news:01A4B59FD1EBD311838100A0C98BE0D9AD592E@chef.zootweb.com... > Jennifer, there are at least two of us totally confused. I did a copy and > paste of your code and got the expected results: > > session id is afb1f9e27afc752f7d9e96e096ca2209 > session_register worked. > testing is a registered variable > > with the contents of /tmp/sess_afb1f9e27afc752f7d9e96e096ca2209 being: > > testing|s:24:"Let's see if this works."; > > I then tried your code with register_globals = off. Interestingly, I got > "session_register worked" even though $testing was not registered (it can't > be registered with register_globals off). > > I see nothing wrong with your code, so... some thoughts: > > 1. What browser are you using? I, and others, have seen erratic results with > sessions using Netscape 4.x. If this is your browser, try your code with > another browser, if possible. > > 2. This is a longshot, but who is PHP running as? By default, it is nobody. > In any case, check that whomever PHP is running as has write permission to > /tmp. > > 3. I cannot think of any other configuration settings in php.ini that might > be the trouble, since turning register_globals off does not reproduce your > results. > > I am stumped. > > Kirk > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jennifer [mailto:toxlists@canada.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 11:55 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] session_register() > > > > > > "Johnson, Kirk" wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jennifer [mailto:toxlists@canada.com] > > > > Do you need to register a variable with the session before you > > > > assign it a value? > > > > > > Not in my experience. > > > > > > > session_register should return true if the variable was > > > > successfully registered? > > > > > > It returns "1". > > > > > > > The variable name and it's value should be written to the file > > > > with the same name as session_id()? > > > > > > Yes, here's a sample from a session file: superUser|s:3:"Yes"; > > > Here's a sample session filename: > > sess_01bc2e24aa5291300887948f0af74899 > > > > > > This is all what I thought, but I am still having problems and I > > don't have a clue what I am missing. Here's an example that I > > have been paying with for testing. > > > > page1.php contains > > <?php > > session_start(); > > echo "session id is ".session_id()."<br>\n"; > > if (session_register("testing")) { > > echo "session_register worked.<br>\n"; > > } > > else { > > echo "session_register did not work<br>\n"; > > } > > if (session_is_registered("testing")) { > > echo "testing is a registered variable<br>\n"; > > } > > else { > > echo "testing is not a registered variable<br>\n"; > > } > > $testing = "Let's see if this works."; > > ?> > > <a href="page2.php?<?=SID?>">Go to next page.</a> > > > > > > The output of the above page, gives me > > session id is e35c2893382e28a14fa0455302edb06e > > session_register did not work > > testing is a registered variable > > Go to next page. > > > > > > and page2.php contains > > <?php > > session_start(); > > echo "session id is ".session_id()."<br>\n"; > > echo "Testing: $testing<br>\n"; > > ?> > > > > > > The output of page2 gives me > > session id is e35c2893382e28a14fa0455302edb06e > > Testing: > > > > I am totally confused. First off, why isn't it registering the > > variable? There is a file named e35c2893382e28a14fa0455302edb06e > > in my /tmp directory, but it is empty. > > > > Second, if it isn't registering the variable then why is > > session_is_registered("testing") returning true? > > > > Jennifer > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >