These two simple scripts are for a test of session variables. I can pass variables in a form, but not using $_SESSION, even though there is a session ID. The errors being shown (below the two scripts) are related to the incorrect path for session files.
sessionTest1.php >>>>
<?php
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
session_start();
?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Testing Sessions page 1</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$PHPSESSID = session_id();
$_SESSION['session_var'] = 'session testing';
echo "This is a test of the sessions feature.
<form action='sessionTest2.php' method='POST'>
<input type='hidden' name='form_var' value='form testing'>
<input type='hidden' name='PHPSESSID' value='$PHPSESSID'>
<input type='submit' value='go to next page'>
</form>";
?>
</body>
</html>
sessionTest2.php >>>>
<?php
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
session_start();
?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Testing Sessions page 2</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "PHPSESSID = {$POST['PHPSESSID']}<br>\n";
echo "session_var = {$SESSION['session_var']}<br>\n";
echo "session_var (2) = ".$SESSION['session_var']."<br>\n";
echo "form_var = {$POST['form_var']}<br>\n";
?>
</body>
</html>
ERROR MESSAGES for sessionTest1.php ************
Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(C:\DOCUME~1\MICHAE~1.DEL\LOCALS~1\Temp\php\session\sess_ns18p52l859pqdo660mhtbg274, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\sessionTest1.php on line 4
This is a test of the sessions feature.
[button]
Warning: Unknown: open(C:\DOCUME~1\MICHAE~1.DEL\LOCALS~1\Temp\php\session\sess_ns18p52l859pqdo660mhtbg274, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0
Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (C:\DOCUME~1\MICHAE~1.DEL\LOCALS~1\Temp\php\session) in Unknown on line 0
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I do not know why this path was specified on install. The path does not exist as far as I can tell. I had installed php in c:\php. So, I created a subdirectory c:\php\session - is this where the session directory should go given my installation directory? Then, I changed the INI file (session.save_path="C:\php\session").
Once that was changed, I tried to rerun the scripts, but I have the same original wrong path showing up in the error messages. Then, I created another script to destroy the session, cookie, etc. (see code below). However, after running this (and the cookie was removed), I reran the original script in a new browser, but I'm still getting the errors associated with the original path.
sessionTestDestroy
<?php
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
// Initialize the session.
// If you are using session_name("something"), don't forget it now!
session_start();
// Unset all of the session variables.
$_SESSION = array();
// If it's desired to kill the session, also delete the session cookie.
// Note: This will destroy the session, and not just the session data!
if (isset($_COOKIE[session_name()])) {
echo "cookie removed";
setcookie(session_name(), '', time()-42000, '/');
}
// Finally, destroy the session.
session_destroy();
?>
Can anyone help here??
