On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 09:21 +0100, Thijs Lensselink wrote:
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> On 01/23/2011 07:33 AM, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > Storing any sort of login/auth data in cookies has regularly been panned
> > on this list. The preference seems to be to store whatever login/auth
> > information *must* be stored in the $_SESSION variable.
> >
> > Well and good. My problem, however, is that I have multiple applications
> > in different tabs running on the same server, which may all use the same
> > sub-variables, like "username". As a result, they run into each other.
> > One application will think I'm logged in when I'm not logged in to that
> > application, but to another in the same browser on the same box.
> >
> > So my question is how to prevent this using the standard PHP functions
> > relating to sessions. I'd like different applications in different tabs
> > on the same box/browser to have different sessions, so they don't share
> > data.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
>
> Using session_name will allow you to run two different sessions in the
> same browser.
>
> session_name('app1');
> session_start();
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You can of course use arrays in your session as well:
$_SESSION['app_name'] = Array(
'username' => 'John',
'user_id' => 1234,
'some other info' => 'another string',
);
I use this on my localhost sometimes, as it can be easier running tests
and stuff than having to create a whole new host entry for it in my
config files!
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
