Losing session data - randomly

[Anon]

I recently migrated a working application to a new hosting provider. On a random basis (as far as I can determine), I seem to lose all session data.
The session registered (after calling sessions start) has the same SID, but no variables are present. PHP.ini data is the same for sessions between the two hosts. Nothing has changed within the application itself.
It can happen 5 minutes or 55 minutes after logging in (establishes session) and doesn't seem to care what the user was doing on the application.

Any suggestions are appreciated as we have a web application that is basically useless from a business perspective.

Thanks

Chris Holderness
Gerris Solutions Inc.
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[jimdelong]

I'm having a similar set of frustrations. I think it's related to virtual domain name. In any event, I'm changing to a cookie less approach. Here's the deal:

look for a system variable like: $PHPSESSID - you should see it when you look at the data from the phpinfo()

Then, make a table with that as its key. Well, any new page you go to during one explorer or navigator window's life will have a constant session id - so this lets you read & write data so you can 'carry it' from screen to screen.

It sounds harder than it is & like most things, you'll look back at it & wonder why it wasn't obvious! & like most things before you get there, it's a nightmare & it challenges your self image😉