Re: [PHP] Help Needed: Sessions From: Martin Neimeier (nei <email protected>)
Date: 08/15/00

Ben Meyer wrote:
>
> > > session_start();
> > > session_name("my_session_name");
> > > session_register($UserData);
> > > $UserData["SessionID"] = session_id();
> > > $UserData["SessionName"] = session_name();
> > > PHP_SESSION_RECORD("LOGON"); //This is the function that I use to record
> > the
> > > information to the database.
> > >
> > > Now my problem comes in in that the $UserData is not being saved. I
> > cannot
> > > access the information stored in $UserData[] on other pages of the
> > session.
> > > It is not unregistered until the user goes to the Logout page.
> > Please correct the line:
> >
> > session_register($UserData);
> >
> > into:
> >
> > session_register("UserData");
> >
> > and it should work ....
> >
> Thanks of the advice. I tried it but it has not changed anything. The login
> page creates the session, registers and initializes the variable, writes the
> entry to a MySQL database, then forwards to the index page. While the data
> is good at the login page, I have had a tester on the index page for a while
> to print out the value of one of the array parts on load which still reads
> as being empty. Moreover, my check function (b/c I want to send them to
> login if the session id is invalid or non-existant) keeps sending me to the
> login page. What I think the problem may be is that I am running Php
> 4.0.1pl2 and the symptoms of the session bug with that version seem to be
> the same, so it may not even be writing the variable to the session file
> back in the login stage. Does this sound right to anyone else?
>
> When does it look like Php 4.0.2 is going to be released?
> If anyone has any other suggestions as to how to fix it, please let me know.
> I have only about 4 days to fix the site and really need to get it
> completed.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Benjamen R. Meyer

First at all you have to do the session_start()/session_register() on
every page (I do it in an include-file).
Second, I also use 4.0.1pl2 and it works.

cu
Martin 

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