AW: [PHP-WIN] PHP Session problem...

Hi, which browser do you use for testing your app? There is a big bug in NN4 and IE5 where an inacceptable formatting on the form page breaks the ability to POST data. It was introduced by a CSS style and didn't even break the look of the page. The effect was NN4 sending nothing, IE5 sending RAW_POST_DATA but not $_POST['any_field'] and NN6 doing the job as intended. As I recall the problem had to do with using <div> in conjunction with form fields. This was quite difficult to sort out as it focused on formatting and broke functionality. Sorry, but I don't recall exactly. It looks like the PHP part of your page isn't necessarily to blame. -- Sven > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Guru P Chaturvedi [SMTP:bangboy2k2@hotmail.com] > Gesendet am: Montag, 5. Mai 2003 08:05 > An: php-windows@lists.php.net > Betreff: Re: [PHP-WIN] PHP Session problem... > > Hi Stephen, > > Yes i test by printing the values and cancelling redirection. It works very > fine. I am really not able to understand why sessions should fail on > redirection. I tried all the testing u have mentioned before posting to this > news group. > > Well anyways lemme if anything else comes to your mind. > > Thanx, > Guru. > > "Stephen" <stephen.edmonds5@btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:005e01c31281$8fed4a80$5c00a8c0@q... > > Well first of all, get rid of automatic redirection. Then, I suggest > > outputting "messages" to the browser so you can see what is happening. For > > example: > > > > Creating session variables: (i am explicitly calling session_start()) > > $row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_BOTH); > > > > $_SESSION["uid"] = trim($row[0]); > > print '$_SESSION["uid"] ='.$_SESSION["uid"].'<br>Input was > > '.trim($row[0]).'<br>'; > > $_SESSION["uname"] = trim($row[1]); > > print '$_SESSION["uname"] ='.$_SESSION["uname"].'<br>Input was > > '.trim($row[1]).'<br>'; > > > > print 'Session ID is: '.session_id().'<br>'; > > > > file://header("Location: bohome.php?"); > > > > The most imporant thing is to make sure that a) the values are going in > and > > that b) the session id which is output to the browser is EXACTLY the same > in > > both pages! > > > > session_start(); > > ob_start(); > > > > $userid = trim($_SESSION["uid"]); > > $username = trim($_SESSION["uname"]); > > > > if( $userid == "" ) > > { > > print 'Session ID is: '.session_id().'<br>'; > > file://header("Location: index.php?msg=err&" . $userid); > > exit; > > } > > > > I use print statements, you may be familiar with echo instead. You may do > > which ever you wish. Using output messages like this is perhaps THE SINGLE > > most important skill to learn when programming. It makes finding errors > > easier and faster, and also helps to pinpoint bugs :-) > > > > Stephen > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Guru P Chaturvedi" <bangboy2k2@hotmail.com> > > To: <php-windows@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 9:51 PM > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] PHP Session problem... > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > i'm really really confused and fed up of the PHP sessions. it works > > > sometimes and fails horribly rest of the times. please take a look at > the > > > code: > > > > > > Creating session variables: (i am explicitly calling session_start()) > > > > > > $row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_BOTH); > > > > > > $_SESSION["uid"] = trim($row[0]); > > > $_SESSION["uname"] = trim($row[1]); > > > > > > header("Location: bohome.php?"); > > > > > > it get's thru very well and get's redirected to bohome.php > > > > > > if that file i have this peice of code: > > > > > > session_start(); > > > ob_start(); > > > > > > $userid = trim($_SESSION["uid"]); > > > $username = trim($_SESSION["uname"]); > > > > > > if( $userid == "" ) > > > { > > > header("Location: index.php?msg=err&" . $userid); > > > exit; > > > } > > > > > > here the $userid is becoming "" and thus redirects back to index page. > why > > > is this behaving so... what cud be the problem...? please help me > out.... > > > > > > regards, > > > guru. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >