Session problem

[NoorAdiga]

Hey folk ... hope u r all doin' good 

 

my problem is about sessions in php5

I'm having 2 windows XP on drive C and D

The session work correctly on the first windows, but while trying (the same script) on the other windows I get the following detailed problem:

1. the session is created at the first page and I can echo it ... and I see it in the folder I save sessions in (I knew it bcz I empty the file before running the script and after that I got one new file with strange file)

2. when I check for that session I created from another page it says its unset and return nothing ....

 

The same script run on the first windows but not the second one hmm but I need to run it on the second windows bcz my database is there and my new project use data base

 

any suggestions ?!?

plz help 

[Brian W]

you have to declare the session on every page that uses it.

not sure what you are doing, but this is what I have on pages I need to use sessions

session_start();

http://us.php.net/session_start

[NoorAdiga]

Ya of course I make session_start()

and the same script run correctly in my first windows so I think the problem is sth related to the settings ... the syntax is 100% correct !

 

[gevans]

post some code

[Brian W]

maybe I'm confused as to what you mean by window.

Is the new page being opened in a different directory?

 

post some code

agree, lets see what you got going

[NoorAdiga]

I 've two operating system (both are windows XP but different editions CDs)

 

I write this code in the first file

 

<?php

 

session_start();

 

 

 

$_SESSION['hi']= "Hello!";

 

echo "The session hi contain ".$_SESSION['hi'];

 

 

 

 

?>

 

and this code in the second file

 

<?php

 

session_start();

 

 

 

if (isset($_SESSION['hi']))

 

echo "set !";

 

 

 

 

 

if (!isset($_SESSION['hi']))

 

echo "not set !";

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

echo $_SESSION['hi'];

 

?>

 

 

 

first I run the first page the I open the second ....

it prints not set and null only

but the same code run on the other windows xp and printed set Hello!

 

what do u think ?

 

 

[NoorAdiga]

:'( nobody knows anything that might help

[mrMarcus]

perhaps your personal webserver/php configuration is setup differently within both OS's if i am understanding your situation properly.check to make sure the directory in which sessions are stored is accessible and that the path is correct.

[gevans]

Do you understand how sessions work??

 

They are independent to the browser you're working in.

 

The same session won't work in 2 different browsers (at the same time) let alone different operating systems

[NoorAdiga]

perhaps your personal webserver/php configuration is setup differently within both OS's if i am understanding your situation properly.check to make sure the directory in which sessions are stored is accessible and that the path is correct.

 

I'm using firefox for both o.s but with different versions ...

so how 2 check my browser ? and what the required setting ? can u explain more  ???

 

Thank u for ur replay !

[NoorAdiga]

Do you understand how sessions work??

 

They are independent to the browser you're working in.

 

The same session won't work in 2 different browsers (at the same time) let alone different operating systems

 

yes sure, I'm running the same script on one o.s and browser at at time, not together ... and this make sense , bcz both of 'em on the same pc

 

thanks for ur replay 

[gevans]

Do you understand how sessions work??

 

They are independent to the browser you're working in.

 

The same session won't work in 2 different browsers (at the same time) let alone different operating systems

 

yes sure, I'm running the same script on one o.s and browser at at time, not together ... and this make sense , bcz both of 'em on the same pc

 

thanks for ur replay 

 

I don't think you do understand.

 

With the code you have the second script will never echo a session because a you never set a session variable via that session id

[NoorAdiga]

There is a misunderstand ...

I run the code once on the first windows with the same browser

and didn't give me the result (and that is the window I 've my db on)

and second time a completely different operating system (another windows xp) with another apache/php and it runs correctly with the session set

 

I'm not using any different browsers or o.s at the same run!