PHP session variables problem in Firefox
Hi,
I have developed a small application for my company on PHP but have some small difficulty to overcome. In fact some session variables are getting vanished mysteriously.
Here is the flow :
index.php->page1.php->page
Here are the excerpts from the files.
index.php :
session_start();
session_register("username
session_register("fullname
$_SESSION["username_sessio
$_SESSION["fullname_sessio
page1.php :
Nothing related to session or session variables in this page. Just pass on a few form fields to next page.
The form fields are "firstvar" and "secondvar"
page2.php :
session_start();
session_register("firstvar
session_register("secondva
$_SESSION["firstvar_sessio
$_SESSION["secondvar_sessi
page3.php:
I access session variables here
session_start();
echo "username=".$_SESSION["use
echo "fullname=".$_SESSION["ful
echo "firstvar=".$_SESSION["fir
echo "secondvar=".$_SESSION["se
Here is the output :
username=ganesh
fullname=M. Ganesh
firstvar=
secondvar=
What happened to firstvar and secondvar ?
If I do a echo $_POST["firstvar"], the value is printed properly in page2.php. What happens when it is assigned to a session variable ?
Important observation : EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTELY FINE WHEN I USE Internet Explorer! THe problem is only with Firefox !!!
Can using $_POST reset a session variable in firefox? Has this problem been observed so far by anyone?
I have developed a small application for my company on PHP but have some small difficulty to overcome. In fact some session variables are getting vanished mysteriously.
Here is the flow :
index.php->page1.php->page
Here are the excerpts from the files.
index.php :
session_start();
session_register("username
session_register("fullname
$_SESSION["username_sessio
$_SESSION["fullname_sessio
page1.php :
Nothing related to session or session variables in this page. Just pass on a few form fields to next page.
The form fields are "firstvar" and "secondvar"
page2.php :
session_start();
session_register("firstvar
session_register("secondva
$_SESSION["firstvar_sessio
$_SESSION["secondvar_sessi
page3.php:
I access session variables here
session_start();
echo "username=".$_SESSION["use
echo "fullname=".$_SESSION["ful
echo "firstvar=".$_SESSION["fir
echo "secondvar=".$_SESSION["se
Here is the output :
username=ganesh
fullname=M. Ganesh
firstvar=
secondvar=
What happened to firstvar and secondvar ?
If I do a echo $_POST["firstvar"], the value is printed properly in page2.php. What happens when it is assigned to a session variable ?
Important observation : EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTELY FINE WHEN I USE Internet Explorer! THe problem is only with Firefox !!!
Can using $_POST reset a session variable in firefox? Has this problem been observed so far by anyone?
Do you have cookies enabled for your firefox browser?
looking at your code, the lines:
session_register("firstvar
session_register("secondva
are completely unnecessary. Try running the same code without this.
other than this, there's no immediate explanation. The only other possible explanation could if page2 auto redirects to page 3 using a header. If this is the case, then the page might not end up setting the $_SESSION variables before you jump away.
generally, firefox has a tendency to hold sessons better than IE. By this, I mean that every tab and window in FF shares the same session cookie. In IE by contrast, opening a new window (but not from the same window) makes the entity distinct. Opening a new window from a window which has a current session in IE will continue through.
session_register("firstvar
session_register("secondva
are completely unnecessary. Try running the same code without this.
other than this, there's no immediate explanation. The only other possible explanation could if page2 auto redirects to page 3 using a header. If this is the case, then the page might not end up setting the $_SESSION variables before you jump away.
generally, firefox has a tendency to hold sessons better than IE. By this, I mean that every tab and window in FF shares the same session cookie. In IE by contrast, opening a new window (but not from the same window) makes the entity distinct. Opening a new window from a window which has a current session in IE will continue through.
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To virmaior: As I understand, session_register() registers a variable as a session variable so that they can be referenced througout the session. If these are not registered as session variables, how do I carry them over to page3.php ? Kindly explain.
To virmaior: As I understand, session_register() registers a variable as a session variable so that they can be referenced througout the session. If these are not registered as session variables, how do I carry them over to page3.php ? Kindly explain.
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