note 42537 added to function.session-start

From: Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 14:33:48 +0000
Subject: note 42537 added to function.session-start
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If you got these warnings: Warning: Unknown(): The session id contains invalid characters, valid characters are only a-z, A-Z and 0-9 in Unknown on line 0 Warning: Unknown(): Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0 may be you've something like: <?php ini_set('session.name', 's'); ini_set('session.use_cookies', 0); @session_start(); ?> in your code and the HTTP request is something like: http://www.example.com/?s= A possible workaround: <?php ini_set('session.name', 's'); ini_set('session.use_cookies', 0); if(isset($_REQUEST["s"]) && $_REQUEST["s"]==""){ unset($_POST['s']); unset($_GET['s']); } @session_start(); ?> I.B. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+42537 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+42537&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+42537&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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