[RESOLVED] Problem with Sessions

[clcope]

I am running php version 4.3.2 in an IIS environment. I am having problems getting sessions to work.

Here is the code in the first page:

	//Set from/to dates based on sessions
	session_start();
	$_SESSION['begin_dt'] = $_REQUEST['begin_dt'];
	$_SESSION['end_dt'] = $_REQUEST['end_dt'];
	echo "Begin: " . $_SESSION['begin_dt'] . "<br>";
	echo "End: " . $_SESSION['end_dt'] . "<br>";

Here is the code in the second page (doesn't return anything):

	session_start();
	echo "Begin: " . $_SESSION['begin_dt'] . "<br>";
	echo "End: " . $_SESSION['end_dt'] . "<br>";

The first page echos return the correct information, but the second page echos do not. Any ideas?

TIA,
clcope

[rebelo]

Are the two pages each in the same domain? If they are in different domains (even different subdomains) the session variables would not be accessible in the second document.

[clcope]

Yes and they are also in the same dir.

[toplay]

I've heard of PHP sessions not working or not working correctly on IIs 5 & 6 from some users.

Which version of PHP do you have?

Show us your PHP session related settings (in php.ini). You can use phpinfo();

Also, run this test script and tell us if you see the session name and ID in the URL:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showpost.php?p=10647875&postcount=5

FYI:

rebelo, even if clcope was using a subdomain, there's a way to make it work. Set the 'session.cookie_domain' to '.mydomain.com'. Notice there's a dot before the domain name. This allows the session cookie to be used at www.mydomain.com or anysubdomain.mydomain.com.

You can use ini_set() or session_set_cookie_params() to set it.

🙂

[clcope]

phpinfo()
[INDENT]
session
Session Support enabled

Registered save handlers files user

Directive Local Value Master Value
session.auto_start Off Off
session.bug_compat_42 Off Off
session.bug_compat_warn On On
session.cache_expire 180 180
session.cache_limiter nocache nocache
session.cookie_domain no value no value
session.cookie_lifetime 0 0
session.cookie_path / /
session.cookie_secure Off Off
session.entropy_file no value no value
session.entropy_length 0 0
session.gc_divisor 1000 1000
session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 1440
session.gc_probability 1 1
session.name PHPSESSID PHPSESSID
session.referer_check no value no value
session.save_handler files files
session.save_path /tmp /tmp
session.serialize_handler php php
session.use_cookies On On
session.use_only_cookies Off Off
session.use_trans_sid Off Off
[/INDENT]

As for the script, I get "Not Set"

Any ideas?

[toplay]

Make sure you create something like a c:\tmp folder and assign 'session.save_path' to that (in the php.ini file). Right now it's in the UNIX style path specifications as /tmp (from your post above).

🙂

[clcope]

Thanks! Once the system admin updated the php.ini file, the problem was corrected. Next time, I look deeper in the ini file. I haven't done work with IIS, so I didn't think the setup was the culprit. Oh well, another lesson learned!

Thanks again!