[Resolved] [Resolved] sessions don't work on local server

[Tomz]

Hi,

I have a local server running PHP version 4.0.5 on Apache 1.3.19.

My script uses sessions that don't work on my own server but DO work when I upload them to a third party server.

I have checked and a session_cookie is created in my session save path but this cookie is empty (0 kB is size).

If searched many, many posts in this forum and a lot of people seem to have this problem but I didn't find a solution (how encouraging 🙂 )

Below is my php.ini. (session part)
Someone, please help.. 🙁

[Session]

session.save_handler = files
session.save_path = C:\WINDOWS\Temp
session.use_cookies = 1
session.name = PHPSESSID
session.auto_start = 0
session.cookie_lifetime = 0
session.cookie_path = /
session.cookie_domain =
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
url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry"

[planetsim]

are you getting an error from the session on the local server... cos i think the path to your session_save is incorrect, or it doesnt like it.

[Tomz]

Thanks for reply'ing.

I used to get an error when the path was /tmp. Then I changed it to C:\WINNT\Temp. The session is also created in that path.

The problem is that I can read the session variables as long as I am on the same page.
When I load another page the variables are emptied.

[okuto1973]

register_globals are enabled or disabled?The two php ini are identical?

What php version is on the third part server?

[Tomz]

Someone here told me that the php version i was using 4.0.5 was buggy. Especially when it comes to sessions.

I installed version 4.2.2 and that solved the problem.