session & non-administrator on server

leatherback

Hi,

There has been a lot of discussion on sessions, and I know I should be using them (Setting up forums & cardservices).

But when testing sessions, I found out the session data is not stored on the server (Basically: I switched of cookies, and the routine quit working)

this is the code I used to test:

<?
session_start();

if ( !isset($count)) {
$count = 0;
session_register("count");
echo "<li>Counter initialized, please reload this page to see it
increment";
} else {
echo "<li>Waking up session $PHPSESSID";
$count++;
session_register("count");
}
echo "<li>The counter is now $count ";
?>

I am working now on basically programing sessions myself (Getting userID, attatching random strings, parsing the strings to the nextpage etcetc. and storing all the info in a table, but that is not very elegant. Any ideas?

Am I making a mistake?? If so: Can somebody explain in no-session expert terms? I am not an administrator on the webserver (I have my site hosted) so I cannot change server settings./

suntra

You don't have to always register a variable with sessions. You only register it once. After, if you change the value, it will be changed "automatically" in the session. But I would suggest you, after having registered a variable, to use $_SESSION["variable_name"].

Example :

session_start();
$var1 = "value 0";
session_register("var1");
$_SESSION["var1"] = "value 1";
...

But if you work with session variables inside a function, you must do something like that :

session_start();
function Function_1() {
GLOBALS["var1"] = "value 0";
session_register("var1");
$SESSION["var1"] = "value 1";
}
// You can change it also out of a function... like this :
$SESSION["var1"] = "value 2";

Do you understand ? Does it work now ?

leatherback

Thanks Suntra, but ehh..
Am I completely missing the idea here, or.. eehh..:

When I call $PHPSESSID (See thread starter mess.) it should give a session number, no matter how I register variables?

When I have cookies switched "ON" this is what I get on screen after a few reloads, as you would expect:

Waking up session e2f64d3c3d23604c07e8f5eca6d38ea6
The counter is now 7

When coockies are off, this is what I get:

Counter initialized, please reload this page to see it increment
The counter is now 0

If I understand sessions correct, the session should still be available however, but stored on the server instead of the client. Or am I missing something crucial here?

leatherback

OK, I am getting some idea on how to do this. One other problem. I'll post this as a new thread however..

rdmfs

Hi, i also have a similar problem...

I use the following example code in the login.php:

before html tag:

<?php
session_start();
session_register("login_status");
session_register("login_utilizador");

if($login_status == 1){
echo "<script>location.href='logado.php'</script>";
}

$login_status = 0;
?>

then in the middle of the code:

if ($utilizador->verificarUtilizador($login, $password)==true) {
$login_status = 1;
$login_utilizador = "$login";

   echo "<script>location.href='logado.php'</script>";

} else {
echo "<script>location.href='errologin.php'</script>";
}

If i don't turn on to accept all the cookies in the IE 6, the Login doesn't work, appearing the Privacy Police icon on the right side of the Status Bar, at the bottom, saying "cookies blocked".

But the only thing i am using is this code above... :/

Any ideas? Than you... this code page is in http://www.rubensalgueiro.com/login.php