session_regenerate_id not carrying through other pages

[jjfletch]

On one page, I am using session_regenerate_id() and when I echo the session_id(), I get a new value each time the page loads.

However, if I go to another page and echo the session_id() I get the old session_id (i.e., the one originally set, regardless of how many new session ids are generated).

The other odd thing is that everything works fine on a development computer, but when I upload to a live server, this is what happens. The only difference between the development area and the live server is that the root directory is one level up on the live versus the dev.

(i.e., on Dev: http://domain.com/subfolder/script.php
on Live: http://domain.com/script.php)

Does anyone know why this isn't working the way it ought to?

[Kardall]

well, I went over to the php site, checked the docs, apparently it's a known thing, and in PHP 5.1 they did an "improvement".

Basically you have to do commit() it. or the new way: session_write_close();

after you regenerate it. Try that 🙂

oh and link to the docs: session_regenerate_id()

[jjfletch]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion, but I did try that and it didn't work. The page will generate a new session id, but if I go to another page on the site, it's still using the old one.