Session Question

grimpirate · 11-28-2006, 11:23 PM

Here's an example which I tested on my home computer (which works) and on my webserver (which fails).
test1.php

PHP Code:


			
<?php

session_start();

$_SESSION['test'] = 'haha';

?>

<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;test2.php">

</head>

<body>

</body>

</html>

test2.php

PHP Code:


			
<?php

session_start();

?>

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

<?php

if(IsSet($_SESSION['test'])){

    echo 'SET';

}

?>

</body>

</html>

The string SET is not echoed onto the browser in test2.php on my web browser.

DJMaze · 11-29-2006, 12:05 AM

PHP Code:


			
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

if (session_id()) {
    echo 'session already started';
} else {
    session_start();
    $_SESSION['test'] = 'haha';
    echo 'session started';
}

grimpirate · 11-29-2006, 02:49 PM

I gave up on getting that session stuff to work. It was working before and just suddenly stopped and rather than dealing with it I just gave up. Rather than using sessions I'll just store cookies on my server which recognize people by their IP. Already been done and the code I had working with sessions previously now works that way. Not necessarily an effective workaround, but I think it will prove pretty useful in its own right. I needed to get something done so that the forum I was coding would still be functional. I think this will be more compatible with PHP servers rather than using sessions as a lot of them restrict this option.

sde · 11-29-2006, 07:47 PM

who restricts sessions? they are built into php. what could be easier?

grimpirate · 11-29-2006, 09:35 PM

A place where I used to post would prevent you from messing with the header data of a page. Even if it's built in you can disengage its functionality.

sde · 11-29-2006, 10:32 PM

was it a free host? anyone would be a fool to be paying for web hosting that doesn't enable session use.

grimpirate · 11-30-2006, 10:53 AM

Yes it's a free host. The only means of the poor. Check out my other post about a PHP Forum that's what I'm talking about.

sde · 11-30-2006, 12:03 PM

good hosting accounts can be had for less than five bucks a month. how much do 'poor' people pay for computers and their monthly internet fees?

cookieing people by IP isn't going to do the site owners much good since there could be multiple people visiting your site from their sites from the same ip. (offices, schools, proxies, etc..)

grimpirate · 12-01-2006, 12:07 AM

Us pirates don't pay for internet service, we pirate it off the airwaves ^_^. It doesn't just cookie by IP it creates a cookie which contains the following information
username RECORD SEPARATOR CHARACTER ip
with a unique filename computed by taking the crc32 value of a the username the cookie can only be activated if you enter the username and pass at the login screen. It's unlikely (though possible) that two people using the same IP would know one another's screenname and at what exact times they've signed on.