Picking up PERL session variables with PHP

[thebubbleboy]

I'm working on a project where I'm adding a php function onto a development written in perl. There are a few session variables defined by the perl code which I need to use. The session id is also being written in a browser cookie.

I'm trying to use the following code to pick up the session variables but it's just not working

session_name($_COOKIE["sessionid"]);
session_start();
echo $_SESSION["variable_specified_by_perl_script"];

I've set session auto start to off and session use cookie to off as well

Any ideas as the work around will be big, long and ugly.

Thanks

Ish

 

[jpadie]

are you sure that the value of the $_COOKIE['sessionid'] is being properly sent and received? instead of storing the session name like this, why not just specify it? Note that session_id is not the same as the session_name.

session_name("some session name");
session_start();