Damned trans_sid

mkarabulut

hello,
I want to use cookies instead of trans_sid to convey session data between pages, just because trans_sid can mistake for some situations, and often it doesn't let you to write the address of the page to the address bar directly,you know the session name is transported by address bar.
I think using cookies will be better, but I couldn't handle it.I used this code,please check it out.
<?
ini_set('session.use_trans_sid','0');
ini_set('session_use_cookies','1');
?>
everything goes right, trans_id is set to 0 and use_cookies is set 1, but session data isn't conveyed between pages. I need your help.

Thanks in advance
M.K.

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Do you start the session before or after setting these options?

mkarabulut

Of course,I do. After setting the values I put a session_start().
Actually my script was working well, before I had put these 'ini_set' lines at the top of the page.

[deleted]

Ok, can you verify wether the session cookie is actually set on your browser?

try print_r($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS);
in your script.

mkarabulut

Well,I have to state that I had been starting the session before the ini_set commands , I had mistaken that I thought I started the session after the ini_set. I think it doesn't matter cause I tried it otherwise and nothing changed.Anyway...

I tried for $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS and phpsessid isn't there. I tried this code and output is like that :
<?
setcookie('cook','cook');
foreach ($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS as $cook=>$val)
{
echo "There is $cook as $val<br>";
}
?>
the output is only:
there is cook as cook

I think php didn't generate phpsessid cookie though I tried to set it by ini_set('session.use_cookies','1').any idea ? Does it matter whether the 'session_start();' function call is above ini_set ?

Anon

i had some trouble with it when i upgraded to a newer version of php:
- Perhaps it might be a good idea to put the php.ini into the directory of your script, instead of setting values with ini_set() [ok, only if your php is compiled with this option];
- if you are using a newer version of php accessing variables is like this
$SESSION['name_of_variable']
$COOKIE['name_of_variable']
etc
by the way: you are right: trans_sid stink, cause it always comes up in the browseres history bar, damn it
hope this helps

mkarabulut

ACtually I tried to change the values from php.ini but it resulted same.
And the trouble isn't about accessing cookies, it is about the lack of session cookie that we can both understand it via aceessing the cookie directly and via with an non-working session script !

Thanks very much.But I still couldn't handle it,help please.