$_SESSION[] & setcookie() problem

[tecmeister]

Hi guys,

 

Now for some reason I can not set a $_SESSION[] or setcookie().

Does anyone have an idea of why this is happening?

 

Thanks for your help,

 

tecmeister.

[shergold]

umm.... how do you expect someone to be able to tell you a solution to the problem if we cannot see your code?

please post it.

 

shergold.

[tecmeister]

Ok.  I thought there might be a problem with the server.

 

This is the code for where I'm trying to set the session and cookie.

 

<?php
session_start();
if((isset($_GET['signin'])) && ($_GET['signin'] == "check")){
require_once("include/class.php");
$database->dbConnect();
//------------Collect $_POST---------\\
$user = $_POST['user'];
$pass = $_POST['pass'];
//----------------Connect to Personal Database--------------------------\\
$sql = "SELECT user,pass,active FROM personal WHERE user='$user' AND pass='$pass'";
$result = $database->query($sql);
$row = $database->fetchAssoc($result);
//-----------------------Not Activated---------------------------\\
if($row['active'] != 1){
	header("location: http://aerialfusion.co.uk/index.php?signin=notActivated");	
}
//-----------------------SESSION Log In---------------------------\\
if(($row['active'] == 1) && (empty($_POST['stayIn']))){
	$_SESSION['user'] = $user;
	header("Location: http://members.aerialfusion.co.uk");
}
//-----------------------COOKIE Log In---------------------------\\
if(($row['active'] == 1) && ($_POST['stayIn'] == "on")){
	setcookie("user",$user,time()+)
}
}else{
header("location: http://www.aerialfusion.co.uk?signin=ERROR");	
}
?>

 

If you need other pages code then please tell me.

 

tecmeister.

[TeNDoLLA]

You are setting the session variable if $_POST['stayIn'] IS empty AND $row['active'] IS NOT 1, thats what its supposed to do? If so, then try debugging the variables and see if they actually have correct info as they should have when the session variable should be set. Make sure your condition evaluates to true when it should. You can also test if the script goes inside the if clause where you are supposed to set the session variable by simply adding a test echo inside the if.

[tecmeister]

I have made the session so it is like this:

 

if($row['active'] == 1){
	$_SESSION['user'] = $user;
	header("Location: http://members.aerialfusion.co.uk");
}

 

I'm still getting the same problem.

I've also tried to do the same of every page just fro testing and it is having a problem setting the session and cookie.

 

Is there something wrong with the server etc.  Could someone please could you help me.

 

tecmeister.

[TeNDoLLA]

Did you debug if it ever goes inside that if clause?

[tecmeister]

Sorry I don't really understand?

If you mean debug the server then no.  It is not my server.

Please would you be able to reword it.

 

I all started having this problem recently.  It all worked then the session stopped then the cookie stopped.

 

Thanks for your help,

 

tecmeister.

[TeNDoLLA]

Debug = finding the bugs and fixing them. Put echo 'TEST'; inside that IF, and see if that TEST will get printed, if not the script never goes inside the IF and that means also the session variable never gets set.

 

Or simply test if the sessions work in the beginning of your script.

 

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['test'] = 'TEST';
var_dump($_SESSION['test']);

 

See if that outputs anything?

[tecmeister]

It displays TEST.

I have also put at the top of the code:

 

error_reporting[E_ALL] and have tried error_reporting[-1].

[TeNDoLLA]

It should be

 

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');

 

And did you try the code I posted one post ago and add that test session code to the very top of your script? Did it output anything? Any errors or anything?

[tecmeister]

Yes and I got this:

string(4) "TEST

 

I also tried the code you have just given me and there was no errors.

[TeNDoLLA]

So that means atleast the sessions works for you, because in there you 1. start session, 2. set a session variable called test, 3. dump the contents of that variable.

 

edit: Could you post the whole code you are trying to run? Maybe there is something wicked. Including the parts where from you get all the $_GET variables and $row[''] variables.

[tecmeister]

The cookie is working now but not the session.  If this helps I'm trying to set the session on a sub-domain signin.

 

This is all of the login page:

 

<?php
session_start();
	require_once("include/class.php");
	$database->dbConnect();
	$database->errorReport();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<link href="css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Aerial Fusion | Parkour/Free Running </title>
</head>

<body>
<?php
if((isset($_SESSION['user'])) || (isset($_COOKIE['user']))){
?>
<div id="headerBar">
<div id="header">
    	<a href="http://aerialfusion.co.uk/index.php"><div id="headerLogo">
        	Aerial Fusion
        </div></a>
        <div id="headerInfo">
        	<?php if(isset($_SESSION['user'])){ ?>
        			<dt><a href="#"><?php echo $_SESSION['user'] ?></a></dt>
            <?php
                }else if(isset($_COOKIE['user'])){ ?>
                	<dt><a href="#"><?php echo $_COOKIE['user'] ?></a></dt>
            <?php
			}
		?>
            		<dt><a href="#">Friends</a></dt>
                    <dt><a href="#">Messages</a></dt>
                    <dt><a href="#">Settings</a></dt>
                    <dt><a href="logout.php">Logout</a></dt>
        </div>
     	<div id="headerSearch">
        	<form action="#" method="post">
            	<input type="text" name="search" />
            	<input type="submit" value="Search" />
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<?php
}
else{
?>
<div id="headerOutBar">
<div id="headerOut">
    	<a href="http://aerialfusion.co.uk/index.php"><div id="headerLogoOut">
        	Aerial Fusion
        </div></a>
        
        <table id="headerSignin">
        	<form action="http://signin.aerialfusion.co.uk/index.php?signin=check" method="post">
        	<tr>
            	<td>Stay Signed In <input type="checkbox" name="stayIn" /></td>
                <td>Forgotton your password?</td>
                <td>Register</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
            	<td height="24"><input type="text" name="user" value="Username" onfocus="value=''" /></td>
                <td><input type="text" name="pass" value="Password" onfocus="type='password',value=''" /></td>
                <td><input type="submit" value="Sign In" /></td>
            </tr>
            </form>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>
<?php
}
if((isset($_SESSION['user'])) || (isset($_COOKIE['user']))){
?>
<div id="personal">
    <div id="personalImage">
    	<?php
		if(isset($_SESSION['user']))$user = $_SESSION['user'];
		if(isset($_COOKIE['user']))$user = $_COOKIE['user'];
		$sql = "SELECT imagePath FROM personalImageWhere user='$user'";
		$result = $database->query($sql);
		$row = $database->fetchAssoc($result);
		if(empty($row['imagePath'])){
		?>
            	<h2> No Image </h2>
                <form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>?personal=image&user=<?php $user ?>" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
                  <input size="13" type="file" name="image" />
                  <br /><br />
                    <input type="submit" value="Add Personal Image" />
      </form>
      <?php	
		}
	?>
    </div>
    <div id="personalData">
    	<font color="#999">NAME: </font>
    	<?php
        	$sql = "SELECT * FROM personal WHERE user='$user'";
		$result = $database->query($sql);
		$row = $database->fetchAssoc($result);
		echo $row['name']." ".$row['last'];
	?>
    </div>
    <div id="personalData">
    	<font color="#999">AGE: </font>
    </div>
    <div id="personalData">
    	<font color="#999">COUNTY: </font>
    	<?php
		echo $row['county'];
	?>
    </div>
</div>
<?php
}
?>
</body>
</html>