Hi,
I am new to the list so be kind.
I have been messing with PHP 4 on a windows 2000 machine using apache and am
having trouble getting sessions to run.
Even in their basic form, everything I have read is very involved and all I
am trying to do is the basics but it doesn't work.
Can any one give me any hints.
I have been through a tutorial and these are the basic scripts.
session_register_var.php
<?
// set up a session
session_start();
// declare a variable and give it a value
$my_favourite_colour="blue";
// register the variable to the session
session_register("my_favourite_colour");
// show a hyperlink to get to the next page
echo "<A HREF='show_session_var.php'>Click here to go to the next page</A>";
?>
and
show_session_var.php
<?
// continue using the session
session_start();
// show the variable's value
echo "My favourite colour is ... ".$my_favourite_colour;
?>
My php.ini file session section looks like this
[Session]
; Handler used to store/retrieve data.
session.save_handler = files
; Argument passed to save_handler. In the case of files, this is the path
; where data files are stored. Note: Windows users have to change this
; variable in order to use PHP's session functions.
session.save_path = c:/temp
; Whether to use cookies.
session.use_cookies = 1
; Name of the session (used as cookie name).
session.name = PHPSESSID
; Initialize session on request startup.
session.auto_start = 0
; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if 0, until browser is restarted.
session.cookie_lifetime = 0
; The path for which the cookie is valid.
session.cookie_path = c:\tmp
; The domain for which the cookie is valid.
session.cookie_domain =
; Handler used to serialize data. php is the standard serializer of PHP.
session.serialize_handler = php
; Percentual probability that the 'garbage collection' process is started
; on every session initialization.
session.gc_probability = 1
; After this number of seconds, stored data will be seen as 'garbage' and
; cleaned up by the garbage collection process.
session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440
; Check HTTP Referer to invalidate externally stored URLs containing ids.
; HTTP_REFERER has to contain this substring for the session to be
; considered as valid.
session.referer_check =
; How many bytes to read from the file.
session.entropy_length = 0
; Specified here to create the session id.
session.entropy_file =
;session.entropy_length = 16
;session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom
; Set to {nocache,private,public} to determine HTTP caching aspects.
session.cache_limiter = nocache
; Document expires after n minutes.
session.cache_expire = 180
; trans sid support is disabled by default.
; Use of trans sid may risk your users security.
; Use this option with caution.
; - User may send URL contains active session ID
; to other person via. email/irc/etc.
; - URL that contains active session ID may be stored
; in publically accessible computer.
; - User may access your site with the same session ID
; always using URL stored in browser's history or bookmarks.
session.use_trans_sid = 0
url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry"
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