why does this not work?

durjoep

I added a little zip-file with 5 very small scripts :

testsession.htm : define a frameset

frame1.htm : frame 1 --> starts start.php on myserver (change adrdress of myserver into address of any server, that supports php)

frame2.htm : frame 2 --> empty script

start.php : starts a session and shows the session_id, then it
starts continue.php and passes the session_id to it

continue.php : when started, starts a session and shows the session_id

start.php and continue.php should be uploaded to a server, that supports php.

Then run testsession.htm on your machine and see, that the session_id of start.php and continue.php are different.

Then run frame1.htm on your machine and see, that the session_id of start.php and continue.php are the same!

Why is this and how can I change this behaviour for the frameset-version?

Thanks

tekky

1) no file attached
2) not many people will download your files to fix your mistakes

post the code and someone will gladly help

durjoep

why does this not work?
I added a little zip-file with 5 very small scripts :

testsession.htm : define a frameset

frame1.htm : frame 1 --> starts start.php on myserver (change adrdress of myserver into address of any server, that supports php)

frame2.htm : frame 2 --> empty script

start.php : starts a session and shows the session_id, then it
starts continue.php and passes the session_id to it

continue.php : when started, starts a session and shows the session_id

start.php and continue.php should be uploaded to a server, that supports php.

Then run testsession.htm on your machine and see, that the session_id of start.php and continue.php are different.

Then run frame1.htm on your machine and see, that the session_id of start.php and continue.php are the same!

Why is this and how can I change this behaviour for the frameset-version?

Thanks

durjoep

Ok,

Here is the source of the 5 scripts as you asked.

startsession.htm

<html>
<frameset border=0 frameSpacing=0 frameBorder=0 cols=23%,*>
    <frame name="Frame 1" src="frame1.htm" frameBorder=0>
    <frame name="Frame 2" src="frame2.htm" frameBorder=0 scrolling=no>
</frameset>
</html>

frame1.htm

<html>
<body bgcolor="#006600" text="#00597d">
<a href="http://www.myserver.net/start.php" target="Frame 2">
Start</A>
</body>
</html>

frame2.htm

<html>
<body bgcolor="#dae2c6" text="#00597d">
</body>
</html>

start.php

<?php
session_start();
header("Cache-control: private");
if (isset($continue))
 {
 $url = "Location: continue.php?<? echo strip_tags(SID); ?>";
 header($url);
 }
?>
<html>
<body bgcolor="#dae2c6" text="#00597d">
<center>
<form name="form1" method="POST" action="<?php echo($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
this is start.php with session_id : "<? echo session_id(); ?>"
<input type="submit" name="continue" value="Continue">
</center>
</form>
</body>
</html>

continue.php

<?php
session_start();
header("Cache-control: private");
?>
<html>
<body bgcolor="#dae2c6" text="#00597d">
<center>
this is continue.php with session_id : "<? echo session_id(); ?>"
</center>
</body>
</html>

tsinka

Hi,

change the code in start.php to

<?php
session_start();
header("Cache-control: private");

if (isset($_POST['continue'])) {
  $url = "Location: continue.php?".session_name()."=".session_id();
  header($url);
}
?>

Thomas

durjoep

No,

that does not work. Besides, if you start frame1.htm, then everything works fine. It does not work in a frameset but I don't know why and how to solve that!

Thanks anyway!

tsinka

Ok,

I think I forgot something ...

Change the form in start.php to

<center>
this is start.php with session_id : "<? echo session_id(); ?>"<br>
<form name="form1" method="POST" action="<?php echo($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
<input type="hidden" name="<?PHP echo session_name(); ?>" value="<?PHP echo session_id(); ?>">
<input type="submit" name="continue" value="Continue">
</form>
</center>

You might need to submit the session info in a hidden field.

btw ... what are the session settings in php.ini ?

Thomas

durjoep

Hi Thomas,

I don't think this will help. When you upload testsession.htm, frame1.htm and frame2.htm to the same server, where start.php and continue.php reside, then it works!

So I think it is because there are 2 machines involved!

Thank anyway!

tsinka

You're right ... I completely oversaw that two servers are involved. There's hardly any way to solve that ... especially if there's no way for the two servers to access the same session data internally.

What exactly do you want to do ?

Thomas

durjoep

Hi Thomas,

I have 2 servers and there are several applications, some on the first server and some on the other. I want to be able to start an application on server 2 from a menu on server 1. It gives more flexibility to be able to switch application from one server to another.

Thanks

Ceril

Originally posted by durjoep
Hi Thomas,

I have 2 servers and there are several applications, some on the first server and some on the other. I want to be able to start an application on server 2 from a menu on server 1. It gives more flexibility to be able to switch application from one server to another.

Thanks

Hmm... hmm... out of the blue skies I would say you need to either:

Send the session information to the new server and start the session there.

Let the servers store sessions at the same place.

Weedpacket

Originally posted by Ceril
Let the servers store sessions at the same place.

If both servers can access the same database, this would be a good place.

durjoep

Hi,

I don't think this is the solution. Because if I don't use frames, it works! So it has something to do with the use of frames.

Why should it work when I don't use frames, if it doesn't work when I do use frames?

Thanks for your support!