Re: Share Session Vars on 2 servers

Thanks Philip, its all become clear now. I have actually seen that user session stuff a long time ago but forgot all about it. I really should have thought of that. Paul "Philip Murray" <webmaster@open2view.com> wrote in message news:004a01c11a48$45a34520$0300a8c0@sparlak... > Hi Paul, > > If you have a single database between the 2 servers you could implement your > own session handlers using PostgreSQL, Mysql or any other db for that > matter. > > http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-save-handler.php > > > Shouldn't be to difficult to do at all I imagine. > > Hope this helps! > > -------------------------------- - -- - - - > Philip Murray - webmaster@open2view.com > http://www.open2view.com - Open2View.com > ------------- - -- - - > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul R. Jackson" <paulj@psy.uq.edu.au> > > I have developed a well tested password protection system using session > > vars. We have 2 web servers with half of our pages on each (for reasons I > > wont go into). What I need to be able to do is have a single login that > > would then work on both servers. Which basically means sharing session > vars > > on 2 servers. > > > > Yes sure I could use just straight cookies because both servers live under > > the same main domain but I have the system already in place and I dont > want > > to change it. > > > > I think it could be done by forcing the 2 servers to use the session temp > > same directory with 'session.save_path' variable by using a NFS share. But > > we would prefer not to do that. And in fact if that was the only solution > we > > would just do without. > > > > Is there soemthing else I can do. > > > > Paul > > > > > > >