session_start() problem

Masali · Dec 3, 2003

Hi,

I am trying to use session_start() but there is no cookie written. What can be the problem? The header that I get from the script is:

Code:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 17:05:13 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) PHP/4.2.2
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.2.2
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=705f6e9d103bd14781e71403f5ef8980; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

As you see the cookie seems to be there but it isn't saved. Cookies are turned on in the browser. I wonder what the expires header is? That seems to be rather old...

sleipnir214 · Dec 4, 2003

The cookie is being sent. How are you verifying that the cookie is not saved?

Typically, a pair of scripts like these is a good way to test basic session functionality:

set_session.php:

Code:

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['foo'] = 'bar';

print '<html><body><a href=&quot;get_session.php&quot;>click here</a></body></html>';
?>

get_session.php:

Code:

<?php
session_start();

print $_SESSION['foo'];
?>

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gizmicek · Dec 4, 2003

I faced the same problem some time ago. Even on the computers with cookies turned on I wasn't able to use them. Fortunately, php can pass the session ID also through the URL and it will do it for you automatically in case it can't use cookies ;-). Go to php.ini if you would like to change the behaviour of the sessions.

tweenerz · Dec 4, 2003

It is important, also, to know that a cookie is not available on the page that saved the cookie. I don't know if this is applicable to you in this case, but it can relieve frustration.

In other words, if you set a cookie on a page, you can't read it until you refresh or go to another page and then read it.

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session_start() problem

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