different session problem

Anon

I've posted my problem with sessions before, but didn't get the answer I needed. So let me specify my problem:

I have a server running win2k server, IIS 5.0, and PHP 4.0.6. I also have a test PC I use which is running win98, PWS 4.0, and PHP 4.0.6.

On my test PC, I've writen some PHP scripts to check for user authentication with sessions. I works fine, no problems what so ever. However, the exact same scripts on the win2k server do not run. Now when I say they don't run on the server, what I mean is that the pages can't even be displayed. It is as if the pages with the "session_start()" commands can't be found.

My php.ini files are identical on both the server and my PC. Does anyone know if I need to give special permissions to the PHP modules on the win2k server? It seems to me as though the problem is somewhere therein. I am sure however that the problem is not with my code, based on the fact that the code runs fine on my PC.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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"I am sure however that the problem is not with my code, based on the fact that the code runs fine on my PC."

A bold statement as 80% of the time it is the code that causes the problem.

I'd start by looking at the webserver's error logs.

Then I'd put this at the top of every script that has a problem:

error_reporting(E_ALL);

sabbagh

I had the same problem long time ago and i remember that the problem was the word prosessor that i was using.
May be in the PC php configuration u are using wordpad and in the win2k configuration u have the notepad.
The notepad and the wordpad don´t have the same carriage return and that could be the problem.
But i have a doubt you are running the code on your PC connecting to your server or you have just testing in the PC using the PWS?

Is this the only code that don´t run in the server or u have the same problem with any php code?

Try to configure the PHP as CGI not as INSAPI

Regards!
José García Sabbagh

ahajdar

I agree with the posting that it's probably the code since you did mention your configuration is the same. (I assume that you compiled PHP in the same way or it already came built for you).

One thing you didn't mention if you're using the same version of browsers. Especially, if you're using IE on one and NS on the other computer. Perhaps your HTML code is broken somewhere and one browser (IE specifically) is more forgiving than the other.

Good luck!