note 86791 added to function.session-write-close

I was having the same problem as many here regarding setting session data just before a header location redirect and having the session data just not be there. I tried everything people here said, and none of their combinations worked. What did finally work for me was to fire off a session_regenerate_id(true) call just prior to the header() and die() calls. session_regenerate_id(true); header('location: blah blah'); die(); Without the regenerate id call, the write close did not seem to do anything. session_write_close() doesn't seem to matter at all. It certainly didn't fix anything on its own for me. This is a rather annoying issue with php sessions that I've never run into before. I store my sessions to /dev/shm (which is RAM) so file IO blocking can't be the problem. Now I'm nervous that some other session data might not be getting updated prior to a header() location change, which is extremely important and common in any web app. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 24.165.51.190 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-write-close.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86791 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86791/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86791/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86791/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86791/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86791/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86791/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86791 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86791 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php