sessions on windows, apache etc..

mlewczuk

Hello,
I have a problem with using sessions on apache, php installed on windows xp -> it's not working good. I have done everything what I shoud do, this is my php.ini:

session.save_handler = Files

session.save_path = c:/program files/apache group/apache2/sessions

session.use_cookies = 1
session.name = SID
session.auto_start = 0
session.cookie_lifetime = 0
session.cookie_path = /
session.cookie_domain = marek
session.serialize_handler = php
session.gc_probability = 1
session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440
session.referer_check =
session.entropy_length = 0
session.entropy_file =
session.entropy_length = 16
session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom
session.cache_limiter = nocache
session.cache_expire = 180
session.use_trans_sid = 1

And when I start the script session files are created, but each refresh of browser make new sessions file (and shoud count number of executing this script).

What shoud I do ? I have 3 partitions, all of them are in NTFS... Do you have any solutions ??

piersk

I have the same problem on my computer (with multiple seesion files), but everything seems to work ok.

The reason that it creates a new file every time the browser refreshes is because the browser is telling the server to re-run the PHP script which will create a new session file.

Are the multiple sessions actually causing problems with your script?

mlewczuk

I don't use multiple sessions, for example: I just want to count how many times user open some page (until browser was closed). And it's realy simple to do it with php, but it's not working -> it shoud be only one session file associated with this, and every refresh of browser shoud change some value in this sessions e.g. count|i:16 etc.. and in my case it's not working like this, it just create new session file, and variable count is always "1".

Can you tell me why ?? I realy need this fast... so I will be thankful for your help.

mlewczuk

Look, I have this script:

<?php
if (!session_is_registered('count')) {
session_register('count');
$count = 1;
}
else {
$count++;
}
?>

Hello visitor, you have seen this page <?php echo $count; ?> times.<p>;

<?php

the <?php echo SID?> (<?=SID?> can be used if short tag is enabled)

is necessary to preserve the session id

in the case that the user has disabled cookies

Now, if a page is opened for the first time, the session file is created and each refresh of the page shoud change value of variable $count. But on my system it creates NEW session file, and $count is always "1".