Sessions not working in IE

blaster_master

Is there a problem with IE not passing sessions? My code works in Firefox but not in IE. How can I fix it? Here's the code:

index.php :

<?php
include('the_file_including_username_password.php');
session_start();

if (!ini_get('register_globals')) {
     $types_to_register = array('GET','POST','COOKIE','SESSION','SERVER');
     foreach ($types_to_register as $type) {
         if (@count(${'HTTP_' . $type . '_VARS'}) > 0) {
             extract(${'HTTP_' . $type . '_VARS'}, EXTR_OVERWRITE);
         }
     }
 }

if($user_in == $adm_user && $pass_in == $adm_pass) {
		$_SESSION['loggedin'] = 1;
		print "Log in successful. Redirecting... <META HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh\" CONTENT=\"2; URL=admin.php\">";
		}
		?>

admin.php :

<?php

if (!ini_get('register_globals')) {
     $types_to_register = array('GET','POST','COOKIE','SESSION','SERVER');
     foreach ($types_to_register as $type) {
         if (@count(${'HTTP_' . $type . '_VARS'}) > 0) {
             extract(${'HTTP_' . $type . '_VARS'}, EXTR_OVERWRITE);
         }
     }
 }


session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION['loggedin'])) {
  // display error;
  exit;}
else{
?>
...some HTML...
<?php
}
?>

Thanks for the help.

bbreslauer

What version of IE, and on what platform? You'll probably need to make sure that cookies are turned on, as sessions usually use cookies.

blaster_master

IE6 on WinXp. Browser cookies are enable.
Thanks.

johany

Try:
session_start();
session_register("sessionName");

then set the session as:
$sessionName["name"] = "JohanY";
$sessionName["id"] = "123";

bbreslauer

http://us2.php.net/function.session-start

Check the following comments:
14-jul-2005
13-march-2005

I'd also try putting session_start() as the first thing in the file.

blaster_master

I'd also try putting session_start() as the first thing in the file.

That did it! Thanks.

FYI, I should also correct that the script wasn't working in neither IE nor Firefox (it worked once in Firefox but never again).

bbreslauer

oh, ok. Then I wouldn't be concerned about it being just IE, and instead it would have been something with the script.