[RESOLVED] Issue with Session Start()

[chrisguk]

Hi,

I have the following code in my header file which assists the contact form to function correctly.

<?PHP
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']. "/include/config.php");
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']. "/include/fgcontactform.php");
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']. "/include/captcha-creator.php");


$formproc = new FGContactForm();
$captcha = new FGCaptchaCreator('scaptcha');
$formproc->EnableCaptcha($captcha);
$formproc->AddRecipient($contact); 
$formproc->SetFormRandomKey('*************');

if(isset($_POST['submitted']))
{
   if($formproc->ProcessForm())
   {
        $formproc->RedirectToURL("../vielendank");
   }
}
?>

The problem is I also have a guestbook page which starts its own session but when I navigate to the guestbook I receive the following error:

Notice: A session had already been started - ignoring session_start() in /var/www/foo/include/fgcontactform.php on line 63 

If I try to just include the first code the contact form will not work for some reason.

Any ideas?

[bradgrafelman]

Do the two use different session names? If not, then what is the need for the 'guestbook page' to call session_start()?

[chrisguk]

bradgrafelman;10999508 wrote:

Do the two use different session names? If not, then what is the need for the 'guestbook page' to call session_start()?

Hi,

Yes they use different session names

[bradgrafelman]

In that case, you'll want to modify your guestbook page such that it first ends the current session if one exists before setting up its own session. In other words, you'll want it to:

1. Use [man]session_id/man to check if a session is currently active. If one isn't active, skip to step #3.

2. Call [man]session_write_close/man to save & close the previous session.

3. Call whatever functions are needed to setup the new guestbook session, e.g. [man]session_name/man, [man]session_set_cookie_params/man, etc.

4. Call [man]session_start/man.

[chrisguk]

Thats great thanks Brad 🙂