Leon,
Sessions are used on a per-domain basis. So, no matter how many
windows or tabs you have open for mydomain.com it will be the same
session for all. Having a different session start up for each window
or tab would be a major pain. If you needed to keep track of a user
ID, for example, you wouldn't be able to. As already mentioned you
can use different browsers. You can also set up sub-domains which
would each have their own sessions.
Take care,
Floyd
On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:26 AM, Leon du Plessis wrote:
">> It's not an issue, it's a feature."
Thanks Arno...but it is a pain also.
If I work with user A in Tab1 (window1), I want to work with user B
separately in Tab2. When user in Tab2 logs off, I still want user A
to work,
and not suddenly have to re-login. Same with bank. If I work with my
company
account, then my personal account must not become an issue because I
am on
the same machine and site.
I have no issue with using FF and IE to do testing as that takes
care of
browser compatibility testing at the same time :-), but I think when
you
start a new session with new values, it should be kept under that
window/tab
alone. Cookies can take care of more details, but my opinion is data
should
never be affected across windows/tabs unless the same user is logged
in on
both....even then I would expect PHP to keep data per session. Maybe
it goes
beyond being an IE or FF issue..the questiojn is...will PHP allow
variables
from session A become corrupted when session B is in progress when
they
should actually be handled seperately?
In the end I think it is something I do wrong in PHP with the SESSION
variables and how I clear them....if so...I don't think PHP should
allow
clearing SESSION variables from other sessions.
-----Original Message-----
From: Arno Kuhl [mailto:akuhl@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 August 2009 10:03 AM
To: 'Leon du Plessis'; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: SESSIONS lost sometimes
-----Original Message-----
From: Leon du Plessis [mailto:leon@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 August 2009 09:44 AM
To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: SESSIONS lost sometimes
Since we are on the subject: I have the following similar problem:
When testing page on internet explorer, I find that one tab's
variables can
affect another tab's variables. Thus when having the same web-site
open and
using SESSION variables but for different users, Internet explorer can
become "disorientated". This also "sometimes" happen when I have two
separate browsing windows open with Internet Explorer for the same
site.
I have yet to determine if this is an internet explorer, or PHP or
combination of the two that is causing this condition.
To my understanding _SESSION variables should be maintained per
session, tab
or window. If this has been addressed already, my apologies, but
thought it
worthwhile to mention.
If someone perhaps have a solution or can confirm this as a known
issue and
maybe is the same or related to Angelo's problem?
--------------------
If different browser windows/tabs on the same client-side computer
didn't
share session info then you'd get the effect of being able to log
onto a
site with one browser window, but find in a second browser window
that you
were not yet logged on. Experience will tell you that you're logged
on in
both browser windows (try it with your online bank). It's not an
issue, it's
a feature. If you want to be able to use different browser windows
as though
they were different users then use different browsers e.g. IE and FF
on the
same client-side computer will look like two separate end users to the
server, and they don't share session info or cookies.
Cheers
Arno
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