Sessions is killing me

[mskl]

I have PHP5.2.1, MySQL5.0, and Apache2.2 which I thought was working fine.  I created databases using PHP/MySQL for Dummies, and also the database in Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver8.  ZenCart created its database fine.

 

I have now installed Cartweaver and I simply cannot get anything that requires an input from me to work.  I have been in constant contact with Tom Muck, one of the developers and he tells me the problem is with sessions.  He gave me a little program to test sessions:

 

<?php

session_start();

echo("Testing Sessions:<br>");

if(!isset($_SESSION["test"])) {

$_SESSION["test"] = "test";

}else{

echo ("Sessions work");

}

?>

 

This doesn't work.  However, I used two other little PHP programs from the Dummies book, which passed 2 variables from one page to another using sessions and it worked.

 

I have the following statements in my php.ini file:

session.use_trans_sid = 1

session.save_path = "C:\Windows\Temp"

 

What else can I do to get sessions to work properly.  I was told to:

"to make sure that PHP has permission to write to that session directory you mentioned".

 

Can anybody help me?  I have been working on this for 3 days.

BTW, I am using Vista, unfortunately.

 

 

[Nameless12]

i am not sure if there is another source file you forgot to paste but if there isnt that is the problem

 

create a file

 

index.php

 

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['name'] = 'value';
echo $_SESSION['name'];
?>

 

run the script then remove the line that says $_SESSION['name'] = 'value' and reload the page, if nothing is displayed let me know. (make sure cookies are enabled in your web browser if the above does not work

[mskl]

I think I did it right.  I copied the code into a dreamweaver site into a file called sessions_tester.php and ran it in IE7.  I got "value" at the top of the screen.  I then deleted the line you said, and hit the refresh button on IE7.  "value" stayed at the top of the page.

Does that mean sessions is working.

 

Mike

[mskl]

Correction,

I did it again, this time remembering to save the revised sessions_tester.php file and when I hit refresh I got the following:

 

Notice: Undefined index: name in C:\Apache Sites\phpdw\session_tester.php on line 5

 

I guess that means sessions isn't working properly.

 

Mike

 

[kenrbnsn]

Try this session tester:

<?php
sesssion_start();
if (!isset($_SESSION['test'])) $_SESSION['test'] = 0;
else $_SESSION['test']++;
echo 'Number of times loaded: ' . $_SESSION['test'];
?>

 

If sessions are working then each time you refresh the browser window showing this script, the number will increment by 1.

 

Ken

[mskl]

Ken,

Thanks for helping me with this.  It stayed at Number of Times Loaded: 0 after multiple refreshes.

 

Any suggestions? Does it have anything to do with Vista, which is difficult.

 

Mike