login problem

[white lightning]

I have written a login code. It works fine in my localhost xampp but
when i upload my files on the web hosting server, i can login but when
i click on the other link within the page, it logs out. What could be
the problem? is it something to do with web hosting?

[Jerry Stuckle]

white lightning wrote:

I have written a login code. It works fine in my localhost xampp but
when i upload my files on the web hosting server, i can login but when
i click on the other link within the page, it logs out. What could be
the problem? is it something to do with web hosting?

Probably not. But without seeing the code you're using, it's impossible
to tell.

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[Ivan Marsh]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:18:01 -0800, white lightning wrote:

I have written a login code. It works fine in my localhost xampp but
when i upload my files on the web hosting server, i can login but when i
click on the other link within the page, it logs out. What could be the
problem? is it something to do with web hosting?

My Magic 8 Ball says: The webserver isn't handling sessions they way you
expect it to... but that's a wild guess based on almost no information.

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[white lightning]

Thanks for replies... Do I need to provide more info?
Please let me know what I need to provide

thanks!!



On Jan 29, 9:43 am, Ivan Marsh <[e-mail]:

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:18:01 -0800, white lightning wrote:

I have written a login code. It works fine in my localhost xampp but
when i upload my files on the web hosting server, i can login but when i
click on the other link within the page, it logs out. What could be the
problem? is it something to do with web hosting?

My Magic 8 Ball says: The webserver isn't handling sessions they way you
expect it to... but that's a wild guess based on almost no information.

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I told you this was going to happen.

[white lightning]

>

On Jan 29, 9:43 am, Ivan Marsh <[e-mail]:

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:18:01 -0800, white lightning wrote:

I have written a login code. It works fine in my localhost xampp but
when i upload my files on the web hosting server, i can login but when i
click on the other link within the page, it logs out. What could be the
problem? is it something to do with web hosting?

My Magic 8 Ball says: The webserver isn't handling sessions they way you
expect it to... but that's a wild guess based on almost no information.

I just checked the phpinfo for session on my localhost and web
hosting. This is what i got:

localhost:
Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user sqlite
Registered serializer handlers php php_binary wddx

web hosting:
Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user mm
Is this causing the problem?

thanks!!

>

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[Kailash Nadh]

On Jan 28, 10:53 pm, white lightning <[e-mail]:

On Jan 29, 9:43 am, Ivan Marsh <[e-mail]:

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:18:01 -0800, white lightning wrote:
I have written a login code. It works fine in my localhost xampp but
when i upload my files on the web hosting server, i can login but when i
click on the other link within the page, it logs out. What could be the
problem? is it something to do with web hosting?

My Magic 8 Ball says: The webserver isn't handling sessions they way you
expect it to... but that's a wild guess based on almost no information.

I just checked the phpinfo for session on my localhost and web
hosting. This is what i got:

localhost:
Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user sqlite
Registered serializer handlers php php_binary wddx

web hosting:
Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user mm

Is this causing the problem?

thanks!!

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I told you this was going to happen.

Are you using php sessions at all? If you're using plain cookies, the
issue might be wrong cookie-domain / cookie-path.

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[Jerry Stuckle]

white lightning wrote:

>On Jan 29, 9:43 am, Ivan Marsh <[e-mail]:

>>On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:18:01 -0800, white lightning wrote:
I have written a login code. It works fine in my localhost xampp but
when i upload my files on the web hosting server, i can login but when i
click on the other link within the page, it logs out. What could be the
problem? is it something to do with web hosting?
My Magic 8 Ball says: The webserver isn't handling sessions they way you
expect it to... but that's a wild guess based on almost no information.

I just checked the phpinfo for session on my localhost and web
hosting. This is what i got:

localhost:
Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user sqlite
Registered serializer handlers php php_binary wddx

web hosting:
Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user mm
Is this causing the problem?

thanks!!

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I told you this was going to happen.

Who knows? As Ivan said - show us the code.

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[white lightning]

On Jan 30, 12:35 pm, Jerry Stuckle <[e-mail]:

>
Do you have session_start() at the top of every page - before ANY output?

Yes i have session_start() at the top of every page.

[white lightning]

On Jan 30, 1:19 pm, Jerry Stuckle <[e-mail]:

OK, what do you have in $_SESSION when it fails?

echo "<pre>\n";
print_r($_SESSION);
echo "</pre>\n";

when it fails, i get an empty array: Array(). Obviously, it has logged
out and has removed all the session values.

Do you have full error reporting and display_errors enabled on the
failing server?

on the failing server, display_errors is on and error_reporting is set
to 2039

What are thePHPversions on the two systems?

localhost: PHP Version 5.2.1
Failing server: PHP Version 4.4.7

[Jerry Stuckle]

white lightning wrote:

On Jan 30, 1:19 pm, Jerry Stuckle <[e-mail]:

>OK, what do you have in $_SESSION when it fails?

echo "<pre>\n";
print_r($_SESSION);
echo "</pre>\n";

when it fails, i get an empty array: Array(). Obviously, it has logged
out and has removed all the session values.

Not so obvious to me. All it shows is that you have an empty session
array. There could be plenty of reasons - bad session id, for instance.
Or the server not storing the session information properly, or any of
about 100 other reasons.

So, in your login code, set another variable in the session which you
don't clear. is the $_SESSION array still empty?

>Do you have full error reporting and display_errors enabled on the
failing server?

on the failing server, display_errors is on and error_reporting is set
to 2039

Which means E_NOTICE is disabled. You should have it enabled, also.
Any messages then?

>What are thePHPversions on the two systems?

localhost: PHP Version 5.2.1
Failing server: PHP Version 4.4.7

That should be OK - except that PHP 4.x is now past end of lifetime.
Your hosting company should have upgraded to 5.x months ago. That part
bothers me. If they haven't upgraded their PHP, is there something else
they're not doing correctly?

Maybe that's an unfounded worry, but I don't know. Two types of admins
bother me - those who upgrade immediately after something comes out, to
maintain "the latest and greatest", and those who don't upgrade until
they have to replace the hardware.

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[Jerry Stuckle]

white lightning wrote:

yes it is a .php file... the <formtags go inside my php code like
shown below. The below code appears on every page.

But you STILL haven't done what I asked several posts ago - to set
something in the session when someone logs on and NOT clear it when they
log off.

Additionally - ensure that error reporting is set to E_ALL and display
errors is enabled on the failing system.

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