Quick Session Questions

[Anon]

using session_start(); - I assume that creates a session ID that can be displayed and written to a file or database, correct?

If so, how do I display what the session ID is and can two sessionIDs ever be the same? Will I have conflicting entries in my database?

Thanks!!

[corporateboy]

If you use

session_start('session_1');
and
session_start('session_2');

then you should be ok, im trying this out next week, will post any problems i get.
the session id is available, i forget what the code is to grab it, it comes up as PHPSID sometimes in my urls, like a cookie almost, it will create the session files on the server.

hope this helps

[mike_y]

Just create a session id first and then start the session with that ID.
I use the following code at the top of all my pages:
<?
if (!isset($SID) || $SID == "") {
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$SID = md5(uniqid(rand()));
}
session_id($SID);
session_start($SID);
?>
This way you have the $SID which is your session ID and you can pass it from page to page or into a database...
-Mike