Sessions & logged-in status in multiple windows - conflicting

[bunner_bob]

I'm working on a content management system with both admin areas and public areas that have their own logins. When the user logs into the admin, a session variable is set with their adminId ($SESSION['adminId'] = #). When a user logs into the public secure areas, a session variable with their userId is set ($SESSION['userId'] = #).

Sometimes I'm working in two windows, one logged into the admin and one logged into the public. In either case though, each window is aware of BOTH logged-in IDs, meaning I can't do anything based on WHICH id is current for the given window.

Is this standard behavior for sessions? What is the scope of a session, in terms of which browser windows or tabs it's available to? Is it per domain, or are all sessions available to all open windows?

• Bob

[mattm591]

As far as I'm aware, if you set a session variable it is then avaliable to all tabs and windows you have open in a particular browser.

Your session variables wouldn't get passed between multiple domains though because the sessionid is stored in a cookie relevant to the domain your using.