[FX.php List] Very strange session variable problem

[Bob Patin]

Well, here's how I resolved it:

The entire set of PHP pages were on my client's web server, which is  
running PHP 4.3.10; until about the 12th, this was all working  
flawlessly.

So just now I took all the PHP and moved it to my web server, which  
is runnign 4.4.4, and it immediately worked as it should.

So as I think about it, I suspect that the client's web server had  
been altered (messed up) somehow so that session variables weren't  
being properly stored or referenced. Here's why that makes sense: I  
could set a session variable, then echo it back immediately using  
"echo $_SESSION['var']" and it would work; however, as soon as I went  
to a 2nd page and tried echoing it back again, it would fail.

Anyway, all's well now; that's why I like working on my own web servers!

Thanks,

Bob Patin
Longterm Solutions
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On Feb 2, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Jon Montgomery wrote:

> Bob,
>     My last post had an extra session_start() in it.  Basically,  
> did you
> Post the session data on the second page.  Then echo it to see if  
> it made
> the trip to the next page.
>
> Jon Montgomery
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>
> On 2/2/07 12:54 PM, "Bob Patin" <bob at patin.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Hopefully someone can help me with this:
>>
>> I set my session variable on page 1 (yes, I do have "session_start()"
>> at the top of the page.
>>
>> On page 2, I try to echo it with this:
>>
>> session_start();
>> echo $_SESSION['myvar'];
>>
>> and nothing appears. I know I'm setting the variable, because on page
>> 1 I echo the session variable and it does show that I did set it.
>>
>> Anyone ever seen something like this before?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob Patin
>> Longterm Solutions
>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>> 615-333-6858
>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
>>
>>    CONTACT US VIA INSTANT MESSAGING:
>>       AIM or iChat: longterm1954
>>       Yahoo: longterm_solutions
>>       MSN: tech at longtermsolutions.com
>>       ICQ: 159333060
>>
>>
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