Sessions and IIS5.1

[Peter J. Veger]

Context: WinXP Pro, IIS5.1, PHP5.03

Simplified:

the page http://myserver/myvirtualdir/index.php contains

<?php
echo 'here';
session_start();
echo 'there';
?>

but it only echoes 'here', it doesn't do anything after the session_start.

What is wrong? The code or maybe the session settings in php.ini ?
(Those settings have not been changed in comparison to the session settings
in php-ini-recommended)?

peter j. veger, best netherlands

[Erwin Moller]

Peter J. Veger wrote:

Context: WinXP Pro, IIS5.1, PHP5.03

Simplified:

the page http://myserver/myvirtualdir/index.php contains

<?php
echo 'here';
session_start();
echo 'there';
?>

but it only echoes 'here', it doesn't do anything after the session_start.

What is wrong? The code or maybe the session settings in php.ini ?
(Those settings have not been changed in comparison to the session
settings in php-ini-recommended)?

peter j. veger, best netherlands

Hoi Peter,

Did you lookup session_start() at www.php.net?
I think not. :P

This is what is says:

-------------------------------------
Description
bool session_start ( void )

session_start() creates a session or resumes the current one based on the
current session id that's being passed via a request, such as GET, POST, or
a cookie.

This function always returns TRUE.

Note: If you are using cookie-based sessions, you must call
session_start() before anything is outputted to the browser.

-----------------------------------

Groetjes,
Erwin

[Mookstah]

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Peter J. Veger wrote:

Context: WinXP Pro, IIS5.1, PHP5.03

Simplified:

the page http://myserver/myvirtualdir/index.php contains

<?php
echo 'here';
session_start();
echo 'there';
?>

but it only echoes 'here', it doesn't do anything after the session_start.

did you set display_error to On ?

it's probably a session.save_path error
What is wrong? The code or maybe the session settings in php.ini ?
(Those settings have not been changed in comparison to the session
settings in php-ini-recommended)?

peter j. veger, best netherlands

Hoi Peter,

Did you lookup session_start() at www.php.net?
I think not. :P

This is what is says:

-------------------------------------
Description
bool session_start ( void )

session_start() creates a session or resumes the current one based on the
current session id that's being passed via a request, such as GET, POST, or
a cookie.

This function always returns TRUE.

Note: If you are using cookie-based sessions, you must call
session_start() before anything is outputted to the browser.

-----------------------------------

Groetjes,
Erwin

[Peter J. Veger]

"Erwin Moller"
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Peter J. Veger wrote:

<?php
echo 'here';
session_start();
echo 'there';
?>
but it only echoes 'here', it doesn't do anything after the
session_start.
peter j. veger, best netherlands
Hoi Peter,

Did you lookup session_start() at www.php.net?
I think not. :P

I did
This is what is says:
Description
bool session_start ( void )
session_start() creates a session or resumes the current one based on the
current session id that's being passed via a request, such as GET, POST,
or a cookie.
This function always returns TRUE.
Note: If you are using cookie-based sessions, you must call
session_start() before anything is outputted to the browser.
Groetjes,
Erwin

I simplified too much:
- I first tried (and that did nothing)
<?php
session_start();
echo 'there';
?>
- I then tried the text first given, just to see that the page was indeed
loaded by the server.

So I still have a problem
peter j. veger, best netherlands

[Peter J. Veger]

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Peter J. Veger wrote:

> Context: WinXP Pro, IIS5.1, PHP5.03
> Simplified
> the page http://myserver/myvirtualdir/index.php contains
> <?php
> echo 'here';
> session_start();
> echo 'there';
> ?>
> but it only echoes 'here', it doesn't do anything after the
> session_start.
did you set display_error to On ?

it's probably a session.save_path error
> What is wrong? The code or maybe the session settings in php.ini ?
> (Those settings have not been changed in comparison to the session
> settings in php-ini-recommended)?
>
> peter j. veger, best netherlands

display_error = Off
I have set it to On and also ensured that error-logging is working.
Result:
- no error displayed;
- an error logged:
PHP Fatal error: session_start() [<a
href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Failed to
initialize storage module: user (path: ) in K:\aa\bb\index.php on line 3

This "failing to initialize storage module", is that my fault?
peter j. veger, best netherlands

[Erwin Moller]

Peter J. Veger wrote:

display_error = Off
I have set it to On and also ensured that error-logging is working.
Result:
- no error displayed;
- an error logged:
PHP Fatal error: session_start() [<a
href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Failed to
initialize storage module: user (path: ) in K:\aa\bb\index.php on line 3

This "failing to initialize storage module", is that my fault?
Hi Peter,

It sounds like php cannot save the sessionfiles.
(your session-array is just serialized and saved under the PHPSESSID in a
directory.)

CHeck your php.ini and find the header about sessions.
Make sure you have set:
- session.save_path = *****
- session.save_handler = files
- session.serialize_handler = php

The above **** should be a directory on the machine that PHP can write to.
If not, PHP cannot save the files (serialized sessions-data).

Hope this helps.

Good luck.
Regards,
Erwin Moller

------------------------------------
Here is a relevant piece:

; Handler used to store/retrieve data.
session.save_handler = files

; Argument passed to save_handler. In the case of files, this is the path
; where data files are stored. Note: Windows users have to change this
; variable in order to use PHP's session functions.
session.save_path = /tmp

; Whether to use cookies.
session.use_cookies = 1

; Name of the session (used as cookie name).
session.name = PHPSESSID

; Initialize session on request startup.
session.auto_start = 1

; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if 0, until browser is restarted.
session.cookie_lifetime = 0

; The path for which the cookie is valid.
session.cookie_path = /

; The domain for which the cookie is valid.
session.cookie_domain =

; Handler used to serialize data. php is the standard serializer of PHP.
session.serialize_handler = php

peter j. veger, best netherlands

[Peter J. Veger]

Thank you, this is indeed the problem.

I had found it already myself!
My ini-file contained: session.save_handler = user
and I do not know how it got that value and what this means.
Now the values are correct and it works.

peter j. veger, best netherlands

"Erwin Moller"
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Peter J. Veger wrote:

display_error = Off
I have set it to On and also ensured that error-logging is working.
Result:
- no error displayed;
- an error logged:
PHP Fatal error: session_start() [<a
href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Failed to
initialize storage module: user (path: ) in K:\aa\bb\index.php on line 3

This "failing to initialize storage module", is that my fault?

Hi Peter,

It sounds like php cannot save the sessionfiles.
(your session-array is just serialized and saved under the PHPSESSID in a
directory.)

CHeck your php.ini and find the header about sessions.
Make sure you have set:
- session.save_path = *****
- session.save_handler = files
- session.serialize_handler = php

The above **** should be a directory on the machine that PHP can write to.
If not, PHP cannot save the files (serialized sessions-data).

Hope this helps.

Good luck.
Regards,
Erwin Moller

------------------------------------
Here is a relevant piece:

; Handler used to store/retrieve data.
session.save_handler = files

; Argument passed to save_handler. In the case of files, this is the path
; where data files are stored. Note: Windows users have to change this
; variable in order to use PHP's session functions.
session.save_path = /tmp

; Whether to use cookies.
session.use_cookies = 1

; Name of the session (used as cookie name).
session.name = PHPSESSID

; Initialize session on request startup.
session.auto_start = 1

; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if 0, until browser is restarted.
session.cookie_lifetime = 0

; The path for which the cookie is valid.
session.cookie_path = /

; The domain for which the cookie is valid.
session.cookie_domain =

; Handler used to serialize data. php is the standard serializer of PHP.
session.serialize_handler = php

peter j. veger, best netherlands