PHP Session Id changes between pages

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Published on 2010-01-11T22:56:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 15:53 UTC
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Hi All,

I have a problem where i am losing the PHP session between 2 pages.

The session_start() is included in a file called session-inc.php into every page requiring a session to be set. This works for all pages on the site except one particular page, member-profile.php. When this page is visited a new session with a different id (same session name) is set and used instead.

A few more details:

  • Session name is set manually
  • All pages are on the same server under the same domain name
  • If i put an additional session_start() above the include('session-inc.php') in the member-profile.php file, the session is carried over correctly
  • I have tried setting the session_cookie_domain and session.session_name in the .htaccess, this worked for this domain but it stopped the session being passed over to out payment domain
  • We are running apache 2.2.6 with php 5.2.5

Putting the session_start() above the include('session-inc.php') in the member-profile.php file is the quick and dirty fix for this problem, but i am wondering if anybody know why this would be happening.

Cheers

Will

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