PHP Session Issues -

[harrillj]

Hello,

I have two identical sites hosted with two different ISPs; one has
login/logout issues, the other does not. The only difference is there is a PHP
Conncetion file that points to the MySQL database at each hosting server. The
databases are identical, same name, same tables, it was a copy.

The fully functional site was uploaed to the other hosting company server. I
then changed the 4 connection variables on my connection PHP file; 1-MySQL DB
server name, 2-database name, 3-user name, 4-password. Other than that, every
line of code is identical between the sites. I even ran them through source
code compare tools.

I am having various auto-logout issues. One example is that when I add to the
shopping cart by clicking the add-to-cart button, I end up on the add-to-cart
page as I should but I have a "your shopping cart is empty", and I am now
logged out. My site requires the user to be logged in to buy.

Another example is when a new user registers they are auto-logged in. On one
site this works fine, on the other site after registering they are directed to
the login page indicating the auto-login failed.

I positive the code and databases are identical between the sites.

Has anyone ever experienced this before? Any suggestions? I was thinking
that the PHP server settings are different on the two servers, so I created a
PHP info page and compared them side by side, but I simply do not have the
skills to know what setting could cause these session issues and the
auto-logout. I have been on this for almost 2 weeks and simply have to get this
done.

Thanks in advance

[David Powers]

harrillj wrote:

> I have two identical sites hosted with two different ISPs; one has
> login/logout issues, the other does not.

Almost certainly a question of register_globals being set to "on" on the
server that works, and "off" on the one that doesn't. "Off" is the
correct setting. The problem lies with outdated code in the Dreamweaver
server behaviors. The solution is simple, and it's explained here in a
post I wrote on the friends of ED forum more than a year ago:

[url]http://friendsofed.infopop.net/2/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=989094322&f=8033053165&m=3241024 21&r=324102421#324102421[/url]

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David Powers
Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
Co-author "PHP Web Development with DW MX 2004" (Apress)
[url]http://computerbookshelf.com[/url]

[harrillj]

Hi Dave and thanks a lot for the response. I think I may have another cause
however. I used InterAKT's software for my login instead of Dreamweaver
authentication extensions. Also, I created a PHP Info page on both sites and
link to them from my home page. In both cases PHP version 4.3.10 is being
used, and also, in both cases the register_globals is set to "on", yet one site
works and the other not.

[gareth]

Is it possible you have a full web address coded into a form action for
example, and your going from one site to the other? Sessions cannot be
transferred across domains, so if one site is submitting to the other site,
you`ll wont be able to read the session information on the second site.