Actually I have no idea about that. Most settings are default, including the one you now mention, since I know I have not changed it. But, thanx for the hint, I will check that out a.s.a.p. On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 12:36, Alan McDonald wrote: > Do you have session_auto_start set to on? If so do this and see if things > change. IIS6 does not suffer the same problem as IIS5 in this area > Alan > > "B.A.T. Svensson" <B.A.T.Svensson@xxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:D291F33C586C8E48B95C26F8C805513A01A3D939@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Well, but it does not seams to work that way under ISS6.0. > > > > But I need to test this a bit more before I can make any strong statements > > about it. > > > > What I seen, however, is this: I have a page that requires one to login. > If > > one login on this page, and then try to change to another page, then I > need > > to redo the login procedure again - so it appears like the session is not > > persisten over different pages here. However, I need to do some other test > > in order to see that I haven't missed some silly things before I can state > > that this is really the case. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Donatas > > To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: 2004-02-16 11:41 > > Subject: Re: Re: header-session problem > > > > bullshit, I have apache and php setup as CGI... in most of my scripts > > that require to store unsensitive user info while he's online I use > > sessions. I never used PHPSESSID as well... > > > > replying to orriginal poster: > > if you would add session_start(); to your first page I bet things would > > start working. That's related to the fact mentioned before that > > cookies/sessions do not save/start if you use redirect. Starting them > > earlier would do the thing. > > > > /Donny > > > > > > Alan McDonald wrote: > > > > >session is a session ID and it's stored as a cookie. cookies persist > > but > > >when you setup php as a cgi it's a cgi appliaction - that means nothing > > >persists in the context of the application running on the server. > > Unlike > > >e.g. ASP where an application and a session has a persistance layer. > > WHen > > >you make an application start point on IIS with ASP and have a > > global.asa > > >file - this signifiies an application start point. You will notice that > > you > > >can "unload" the application and set new application and new session > > >variables each time you close the browser and staert a new session. > > With > > >CGI - that's not the case. You need to manage your own session with > > cookies > > >and the PHPSESSID cookie is where you start to do that. > > >Alan > > > > > >Alan > > > > > >"B.A.T. Svensson" <B.A.T.Svensson@xxxxxxx> wrote in message > > >news:D291F33C586C8E48B95C26F8C805513A01A3D934@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > >>Are saying that session can not persist over different pages? > > >> > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Alan McDonald > > >>To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >>Sent: 2004-02-16 10:57 > > >>Subject: Re: header-session problem > > >> > > >>I'm afraid that's not what the seesion is all about. > > >>The session is a unique value. It is assigned to a cookie if specified > > >>in php.ini or is tagged along in all your URLs as a query string or > > $_GET > > >>and has the name PHPSESSID by default unless you change it. > > >>If you want to save something fro page 1 and retrieve it in page 3, > > then > > >>you will need to do the same hing and store this value as a cookie. > > >>$_COOKIE['cookiename'] will retrieve it. > > >>But there are some provisos. You cannot assign a cookie value and set > > >>header("Location.. etc on the same page, the cookie will not be set. > > You > > >>need to set a cookie and let the page return to the browser. > > >>That's with Windows environments anyway. > > >> > > >>Alan > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php