PHP session passed to CF?

[Anon]

I am making a transition from being a CF guy to PHP but I have an application that is already built in CF. I want to use the file upload system that PHP has (since the one with CF stinks) and the rest of the site in CF. Everything works fine except for a session variable that I need to pass.

My question is, does anyone know how to (if it is possible) read a session variable created in PHP in a CF page? Or, is there a better way to pass a variable between two pages without client intervention (ie form submit buttons)?

TIA,
Erik

[melvyn]

The only way you're going to accomplish that, is passing the complete session string, via either the url, or via cookies.

If this'll work two ways, is questionable, since both CF as PHP use their own tables, to keep track of the session.

If this has anything to do with security (ie. is_loggedin stuff) you'd probably want to stay away from that, since CF will work with a different timetable, compared to PHP.

If you get it working, send in an article though - would be interesting to see :-)

[thekat]

I have very limited success. I tried calling to the PHP page with a file include but it does not recognize the PHP as a script, just as text.

I did get CF to recognize that a variable did exist but it was not correct information (just a .tmp file instead of the actual file that was uploaded).

I am now just writing it all to a database, calling the database from the CF page and then deleting the information. It just seems like alot of overhead for a simple operation.

btw, the problem with CF's file transfer system is that it relies on the machines physical memory. Does anyone know about file size restrictions or anything like that in PHP?