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KillGorack

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I have issues with a user being logged in and staying logged in, When logging in I create these $_SESSION variables

Array
(
    [usr_login] => username
    [usr_fname] => first
    [usr_lname] => last
    [usr_email] => email
    [ses_usrid] => 1
    [loggdin] => Yes
    [loginremember] => 
)

And after login it looks great till I refresh the page or go anywhere else on the site. All variables above are gone.

Consequently, this works with no issues on the prod server, just not on my machine.

Code I've been playing with since it started, specifically the setting of the cookie. (this code runs before anything else)

	// =================================================================
	// Sesssion start
	// =================================================================
			session_set_cookie_params(
			    0,
			    "/; SameSite=Strict",
			    ".killgorack.com",
			    true,
			    true
			);
			session_start();
	// =================================================================
	// Security stuff
	// =================================================================
			header("strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000");
			header('X-Frame-Options: sameorigin');
			header("X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block");
			header('X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff');
			header("Content-Security-Policy: default-src BLA BLA BLA ");
			header("Feature-Policy: vibrate 'none'");
			header("Referrer-Policy: no-referrer");
			header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://www.MYWEBSITE.com/");
			header("Expect-CT: max-age=86400, enforce");
			header_remove("X-Powered-By");
	// =================================================================

Any ideas?

Edited by KillGorack
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Also I'm getting an error when I change the order as you've suggested.

Warning: session_set_cookie_params(): Cannot change session cookie parameters when session is active in C:\xampp\htdocs\portal-x\inc\ses.php on line 12

I'll fiddle with it, once I've changed the urls it seems to be working.

I'll have to add this file to gitignore, and keep a local file different than production once I have it working.

Edited by KillGorack
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Still not driven to conclusion;

I have TWO scenarios.

#1

  session_set_cookie_params(
    300,
    "/; SameSite=Strict",
    ".killgorack.com",
    true,
    true
  );
  session_start();
  • Through www.immuniweb.com it seems the stuff is set correctly on production(php 7.3.5) server.
  • I get no errors on the production(php 7.3.5) server
  • I stay logged in after initial form post for login on production(php 7.3.5) server
  • I DO NOT stay logged in after initial form post for login on development(php 7.3.3) server (localhost)

#2

  session_start();
  session_set_cookie_params(
    300,
    "/; SameSite=Strict",
    ".killgorack.com",
    true,
    true
  );
  • Through www.immuniweb.com it seems the stuff is NOT setup correctly on production(php 7.3.5) server
  • I get errors on the production(php 7.3.5) server
  • I stay logged in after initial form post for login on production(php 7.3.5) server
  • I stay logged in after initial form post for login on development(php 7.3.3) server (localhost)
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From the manual at:  https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-cookie-params.php

 

Set cookie parameters defined in the php.ini file. The effect of this function only lasts for the 
duration of the script. Thus, you need to call session_set_cookie_params() for every request and 
before session_start() is called.

If you really want these settings to be retained you have to place them into your ini file.  Although - I don't see the use in a 5 minute cookie duration.  Or add this code to a little module that you can then include in every script that you want to use these settings.

Edited by ginerjm
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