From: greg dot solak at profiletwist dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: Session variables not saved after redirect, session_write_close(), die() used
Description: ------------ PHP SESSION variable $_SESSION['user_level'] is not saved after the page is redirected using header(location: ...). Session_write_close()is used right before redirect. After redirect die() is called. After a second attempt at login, everything works! Reproduce code: --------------- <?php // If login successfully -> // Change session properties $_SESSION['user_level'] = 7; // Force session to save changes before redirection session_write_close(); // REQUIRED // Regenerate session id for security + fix bug in which some session variables are lost during redirect session_regenerate_id(true); // Redirect to Access main page header('Location: http://www.domain.com/access/main.php'); die(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- At the new page (the one the user was redirected to) the $SESSION['user_level'] should == 7. However, the session variable was not saved, as the user is redirected back to the login page. After a second attempt at logging in, everything works as expected. Actual result: -------------- Redirected back to login page, because when php checked if the user had the proper credentials if ($_SESSION['user_level'] != 7) { // redirect back to login page } Other improtant information: session_start(); is called on every page. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49462&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49462&r=mysqlcfg