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PHP Sessions lost in subdirectories Oo :(

I am the developer of ClipBucket
currently working on v2

now the problem is, it works absolutely perfect on apache2handler server api but fails on CGI

now there is an issue that i want to resolve first is that

- index.php
- /includes/config.inc.php
- /includes/common.php
- includes/admin.inc.php
- /admin_area/index.php

- config.inc.php and admin.inc.php has code that includes common.php
- index.php includes config.inc.php
- /admin_area/index.php includes admin.inc.php

- session_start() is called in common.php - so session will be started in every page

the actuall problem is
i start a session lets say $_SESSION['username'] = "i am the user"; in index.php
that supposed to work in /admin_area/index.php if i call echo $_SESSION['username']

but what happens is that , it not only gives blank echo $_SESSION['username'] but also destroys the $_SESSION['username'] that even doesnt work on index.php

simply
- session is lost whenever it is called in a subdirectory
ie /index.php (WORKS)
but wont work in admin_area/index.php

ie IF admin_area/index.php works
then it wont work in /index.php

i hope you understand what the problem is

Regards

ahzulfi

ASKER

i wuz supposed to get an answer withing 43 minutes Oo ....alright ...never mind......stilll waiting....

Ray Paseur

Not sure I exactly understand the problem, but I will try to help.

Do you have error_reporting(E_ALL) set in all scripts? That will help you catch any undefined vars.

You have session_start() at the top of all scripts, right?

Ray Paseur

This will test a session handler. If you run it and the var increments correctly, your session handler is almost certainly set up right.

Possible issues could include the path to your session-save area. Usually that is a /tmp file above the WWW root.

<?php // RAY_session_test.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// START THE SESSION (DO THIS FIRST IN EVERY PHP SCRIPT ON EVERY PAGE)
session_start();

// SEE IF THE SUBMIT BUTTON WAS CLICKED
if (isset($_POST['fred']))
{

// SEE IF THE CHEESE VARIABLE IS SET IN THE SESSION ARRAY
    if(!isset($_SESSION['cheese']))
    {

// IF CHEESE IS NOT SET, SET IT TO ONE
        $_SESSION['cheese'] = 1;

    } else {

// IF CHEESE IS SET, ADD ONE TO IT
        $_SESSION['cheese']++;
    }
}
// END OF SCRIPT
?>
<html><head><title>Session Test</title></head>
<body>
Currently, $_SESSION["cheese"] contains: <?php echo $_SESSION['cheese']; ?> <br/>
<form method="post">
<input type="submit" value="click" name="fred">
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Ray Paseur

Here is another debugging technique that may be helpful. In each page footer, add something like the code snippet - this allows you to see what you had in the external vars. If you missed a session_start() because of conditional logic, that might show up here

One other question - do you manipulate the session cookie at all, or do you just set it and forget it?

I think it may be useful to see the code that starts your session and the code that fails; not 100% sure I follow the path in the O/P.

best regards, ~Ray

// PAGE FOOTER
echo "<pre>\n";
echo "\n\n_COOKIE: "; var_dump($_COOKIE);
echo "\n\n_SESSION: "; var_dump($_SESSION);
die("END DIAGNOSTIC");

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ahzulfi

ASKER

check this :(

http://tblogs.in/vdo
http://tblogs.in/vdo/admin_area

Ray Paseur

Interesting. Something is very sick there! Who is your hosting company?

ahzulfi

ASKER

AAARGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!
o man......what the.......loooollz..........
i just cant believe on ma eyes, its the worst experience of my whole life
problem was caused by PHP.INI that was placed in my root folder

post_max_size             = 2147483648;
upload_max_filesize       = 2147483648;
max_execution_time       = 1000;
max_input_time             = 12000;
memory_limit               = 32M;

NOW EVERYTHING IS WORKING GREAATTT!!!!!!!! THANKS ALL FOR YOUR SUGGESTION ;)

Ray Paseur

@ahzulfi, Premium Service Member, I am going to post an objection to closing this question because I am not exactly a novice in PHP and I have absolutely no idea what your answer at ID: 26212860 has to do with session-related issues.

Please post the before-and-after information so we have a good answer for the PAQ.

Thanks and regards, ~Ray

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