Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33786&edit=1
ID: 33786 Comment by: lgandras at gmail dot com Reported by: simon dot bettison at blueyonder dot co dot uk Summary: $_SESSION not saving when an element's index contains pipe '|' character Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Session related Operating System: Gentoo Linux PHP Version: 5.1.0b3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: May i ask why isn't the full session just serialized like a normal array? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-07-20 13:37:34] sni...@php.net | is not allowed in variable names. (yes, I know you can use it in array indexes, but $_SESSION is special in many ways) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-07-20 13:23:54] simon dot bettison at blueyonder dot co dot uk Description: ------------ A script registers a variable in $_SESSION using and index value which contains a pipe ("|"), ie $index = "some|index"; $_SESSION[$index]="some variable"; I expected this variable (and any other variables registered in $_SESSION) to be stored, and made available to other script(s) executed in the same session for the lifetime of the session cookie. However, subseqent access to $_SESSION indicates that the $_SESSION variable contains no data at all. This only seems to occur following the use of the pipe ("|") character in the element's index. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php session_start(); print_r($_SESSION); $_SESSION["some|variable"]="some value"; print_r($_SESSION); ?> Expected result: ---------------- First execution: Array ( ) Array ( [some|variable] => some value ) Second & Subsequent execution Array ( [some|variable] => some value ) Array ( [some|variable] => some value ) Actual result: -------------- First execution: Array ( ) Array ( [some|variable] => some value ) Second & Subsequent execution Array ( ) Array ( [some|variable] => some value ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33786&edit=1