sessions not available to different browser window.

[Simon]

Hi Folks,

Any help here would be much appreciated.
i have a page session_write.php
///////////////////
session_start();
$_SESSION['A'] = 'AAA';
print("sA". $_SESSION['A']);
//////////////////////
and session_read.php
//////////////////
session_start();
if (isset ($_SESSION['A']))
{
print ('sessions set');
}
else{
print ('sessions not set');
}

print($_SESSION['A']);
//////////////////////

if i call session_write.php and then session_read.php in the same browser
window all is fine. but if i call session_read.php from a different browswer
window, it doesn't see the session variable A.

I'm using php 4 on linux and internet explorer 6 on windows 2000.

What could be happening here?

thanks,

simon.

[Tony Marston]

When you open up another browser window you are effectively creating a new
session.

Tony Marston

"Simon" <si***@nospami-muse.nu> wrote in message
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Hi Folks,

Any help here would be much appreciated.
i have a page session_write.php
///////////////////
session_start();
$_SESSION['A'] = 'AAA';
print("sA". $_SESSION['A']);
//////////////////////
and session_read.php
//////////////////
session_start();
if (isset ($_SESSION['A']))
{
print ('sessions set');
}
else{
print ('sessions not set');
}

print($_SESSION['A']);
//////////////////////

if i call session_write.php and then session_read.php in the same browser
window all is fine. but if i call session_read.php from a different browswer window, it doesn't see the session variable A.

I'm using php 4 on linux and internet explorer 6 on windows 2000.

What could be happening here?

thanks,

simon.

[Kevin Thorpe]

Simon wrote:

Hi Folks,

Any help here would be much appreciated.
i have a page session_write.php
///////////////////
session_start();
$_SESSION['A'] = 'AAA';
print("sA". $_SESSION['A']);
//////////////////////
and session_read.php
//////////////////
session_start();
if (isset ($_SESSION['A']))
{
print ('sessions set');
}
else{
print ('sessions not set');
}

print($_SESSION['A']);
//////////////////////

if i call session_write.php and then session_read.php in the same browser
window all is fine. but if i call session_read.php from a different browswer
window, it doesn't see the session variable A.

I'm using php 4 on linux and internet explorer 6 on windows 2000.

What could be happening here?

thanks,

simon.

As someone else has said each browser window is a separate session. If
you want to link the two then you can always pass the session id in the
GET or POST