In my case, it was a https website. However, in testing, it was happening on a normal http website as well. It was something I ruled out trying to find the problem.
Best Regards Bob Irwin Server Admin & Web Programmer Planet Netcom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Dubuc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "php list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] strange behaviour with login page > Hi Steve, > > Just out of curiosity, when you mention "implement a user authentication > process where users can click on an external link to my site" are you using > the https protocol? > > I had similar bizarre behavior with IE using a "Confirmation Required' > script. Worked great at home (localhost), with apache, linux, et al, but with > IE sometimes it worked, most often not. > > I finally traced the route of my problem to the https protocol. I found this > quite by mistake -- AOL, Hotmail, and Yahoo users were not being redirected > to my site. Almost exactly the same problem occurred as you describe: if I > clicked the link twice, it sometimes worked. (Btw, I lost a lot of > registrants because of this problem. I finally dumped the whole thing, and > now, users once registered, go immediately to specified areas of the site. > Apparently, with AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail users the https protocol is 'optional' > or 'premium' or somesuch idiocy!) > > If you do find the root of your problem, would you be so kind as to drop me > an email with your resolution -- I'd like to get my little script to work. > > Hth, > Andre > > > On Sunday 09 March 2003 06:18 pm, you wrote: > > I have seen this as well. Try using netscape or an earlier version of IE > > and you will probably find it will work without issue. I posted about this > > many moons ago and unfortunately didn't get a solution. I can't recall the > > specifics of when it was doing it (and if I remember correctly, sometimes > > it would work and sometimes it wouldn't - in the context of a members area > > where sessions are used - some pages worked, others didn't - same sessions > > method), but on some servers, we had no issues (exactly the same versions > > of linux, php etc) and others this happens. There must have been some sort > > of variation at our end, but we couldn't see it. > > > > We upgraded to PHP Version 4.2.3, and this fixed it. > > > > Sorry I can't give you any more info. At the time I was having the > > problem, I was under a tight schedule and didn't have time to track down > > possible causes. As I said, the upgrade helped us (also fixed a few mysql > > query caching problems we were having too - caused a few GD ones though). > > My guess is that its some sort of cookies problem with windows IE 6 (as > > that was the only browser I saw the problem on). > > > > Best Regards > > Bob Irwin > > Server Admin & Web Programmer > > Planet Netcom > > > > If anyone has come across a similar problem to the one described below, and > > has a solution I'd be really grateful if you can help me out. > > > > I'm trying to implement a user authentication process where users can click > > on an external link to my site. If they're not logged in they get presented > > with a login dialog. Once they log in they're redirected onwards to the > > page they initially wanted to visit. > > > > The system I have in place at the moment handles authentication using > > sessions. The bizarre thing is, while everything seems to work on my home > > pc (windows & iis web server, php 4.2.1), on the host server (linux, > > apache, php 4.1.2) I get the login screen twice before I get redirected. My > > hunch is that it's something to do with when session variable become > > available after registering them. (I'm using the sesssion management > > functions built in to php 4). > > > > TIA > > > > Steve > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > Scanned by PeNiCillin http://safe-t-net.pnc.com.au/ > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
