PHP Sessions lost after Redirect

[power97]

Hi,
I have a simple login page that I developed for a client that worked great locally but when I moved it to thier IIS servers it stopped working. The problem is that it doesn't seem to retain the session values after I do a redirect ( header("location ....")). Are there any work arounds for this ? I have seen some people suggestion mixing in some javascript to do the redirect but I'd prefer to keep it server side.

Thanks

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[sleipnir214]

That's because IIS will not send cookies on a redirect. It has to do with a bizarre interpretation of the HTTP spec that is unique to Mi[$cent;]ro$oft.

The only workaround is to set the cookie then send an HTML page with a <META> tag.

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[martinb7]

i use IIS and it keeps the sessions for me

you need to have session_start(); on the pages that you want the sessions to carry on

//db query

while($r = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
     $user = $r["userfield"];
     $_SESSION['username'] = $user;
}

hope it helps


Martin

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[sleipnir214]

martinb:
If the script that issues the original session cookie (not reusing a session cookie from an earlier run of a script on the site) also uses the "Location:" header, the session cookie will not be created on the client machine. The next script on your site will not have the session variables available.

The problem with IIS, cookies, and the "Location:" header http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q176/1/13.asp&NoWebContent=1]is well documented[/url].



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[power97]

Hi,
Thanks for the replies but no one has given any solutions ?

Thanks

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[sleipnir214]

power97:
The solution is to quit using IIS. But that's opinion, not fact.

But if you reread my original post in this thread, I think you'll find I did suggest a workaround. Look for the string "META".

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[power97]

Yes I did try the META tag but even setting it for 0 seconds it still gives a bad animation effect that wouldn't be acceptable.

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[sleipnir214]

Then you might try JavaScript. But that's a question for the JavaScript forum.

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