Re: Session troubles

Sean -- Do you get the same errors, with Netscape 4.x? > On 12-29 12:56, David Jackson wrote: >> Sean -- >> Don't know if this help but here's what I just worked for me. >> What ver. of PHP are you using? It seem to me that 3.x.x needs >> PHPLIB: http://sourceforge.net/projects/phplib >> to handle sessions? -- David Jackson >> >> --- sean.php ------- >> <?php include("seaninc.php"); ?> >> >> --- seaninc.php ------ >> <?php >> session_start(); >> session_register("i"); >> $i++; >> echo $i; >> ?> > > I'm using 4.0.6. I believe session handling was added as part of > standard 4.x, right (if configured to compile it)? > > Some more info: I tried with Konqueror, as I know a cookie needs to be > sent during the session_start() phase - I did get a dialog pop-up > asking if I wanted to accept the cookie, but I still got the error: > > Fatal error: Failed to initialize session module in > /usr/local/apache/htdocs/sesstest.php on line 2 > > It says line 2 because I deleted some white space and commented out > code thas was before session_start(). > > I set logging errors on, and sent it to syslog. Here's what it says: > Dec 29 12:12:57 free httpd: PHP Fatal error: Failed to initialize > session module in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/sesstest.php on line 2 > Dec 29 12:12:57 free httpd: PHP Warning: Failed to write session data > (user). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is > correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0 > > But /tmp exists, and is world writeable: > > free# ls -ld /tmp > drwxrwxrwt 16 root wheel 1024 Dec 29 12:14 /tmp > >> > On 12-29 09:59, Miles Thompson wrote: >> >> Sean, >> >> >> >> What's going on in incl.php. Are you issuing a session_start()? >> > >> > No, I was not. >> > >> >> What if it's rearranged like so, as I understand you have to >> >> register the session variable before using it. >> >> >> >> include("incl.php"); >> >> session_start(); >> >> session_register("mine"); >> >> $mine++; >> >> echo $mine; >> > >> > No dice, either. Actually, I had tried several permutations of the >> > order before posting. :) >> > >> >> >> >> There's the divide and conquer approach too. What do you see if >> >> you comment out the include, then issue a phpinfo() and a die()? >> > >> > Okay, I tried commenting out include, resulting in this code: >> > >> > session_start(); >> > session_register("i"); >> > $i++; >> > echo $i; >> > >> > When I run the above, I get this: >> > Fatal error: Failed to initialize session module in >> > /usr/local/apache/htdocs/sesstest.php on line 6 >> > >> > Which is getting somewhere, in a way. Line 6 is session_start(); >> > >> > What part from phpinfo() output were you interested in? Or did you >> > want to see all of it? >> > >> > Thanks for the help. >> > >> >> >> >> HTH and Merry Christmas / Happy New Year - Miles Thompson >> >> >> >> On Friday 28 December 2001 11:26 pm, Sean LeBlanc wrote: >> >> > I asked this on php-install list, but got no response so here >> >> > goes... >> >> > >> >> > I simply cannot get session to work correctly. Here's the test >> >> > script: >> >> > >> >> > include("incl.php"); >> >> > session_start(); >> >> > $mine++; >> >> > session_register("mine"); >> >> > echo $mine; >> >> > >> >> > incl.php includes code to save/retrieve session information >> >> > to/from DB. It calles session_set_save_handler at the end. >> >> > >> >> > What happens is I get an error because it is trying to read the >> >> > variable out and I get a DB error, but my session writing routine >> >> > is never called...I know, because I have a print in there. And of >> >> > course, the var doesn't increment upon refreshes - it remains 1. >> >> > >> >> > I've seen this before, and it was fixed, but I forget how it was >> >> > done, as I didn't actually implement the solution (I hear and I >> >> > forget, I do and I remember, I guess). About my system: >> >> > >> >> > FreeBSD 4.4 >> >> > Apache 1.3.20 >> >> > PHP 4.0.6 >> >> > >> >> > Any and all help appreciated. >> > >> > -- >> > Sean LeBlanc:seanleblanc@attbi.com Yahoo:seanleblancathome >> > ICQ:138565743 MSN:seanleblancathome AIM:sleblancathome >> > One learns to itch where one can scratch. >> > -Ernest Bramah >> > Management QOTD:Get hopping on the domain expertise!! >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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 > > -- > Sean LeBlanc:seanleblanc@attbi.com Yahoo:seanleblancathome > ICQ:138565743 MSN:seanleblancathome AIM:sleblancathome > In most countries selling harmful things like drugs is punishable. 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