CodeIgniter session class not working in Chrome

Question

I have created a login system in codeigniter project, which is working fine in Firefox but doesn't work in Chrome, data fetch and set for session but when this code redirect control to admin/dashboard, there we check session data again. If session data not exist then the code will redirect user to login again............ My code is below, and i don't know what is wrong with this session/cookies in codeigniter.?

        $data = array(
             'user_id' => $user->id,
             'name' => $user->name,
             'user_type' => $user->type,
             'username' => $user->username,
             'is_logged_in' => true
        );

        $this->session->set_userdata($data);
        //echo "user ".$this->session->userdata("username"); exit;
        redirect("admin/dashboard", "location");

I have search alot for but no one work in this situation, like a change "cookie_domain" in config file but nothing happened....

You said that it is fine in FF. That makes me assume that your chrome isn't storing cookies. Check it — Bhuvan Rikka, Oct 16 '12 at 07:44
but my chrome store cookies for other sites, like facebook, etc... — ime.devdesks, Oct 16 '12 at 08:51
@W.Kristianto, i already check all that method, like change cookie_domain name etc, but nothing happened.... — ime.devdesks, Oct 16 '12 at 08:53

Code Prank · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17T07:53:17.507

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I have also faced this situation and fixed it by increasing session expiry to one day.

UPDATE

Why it works by extending session expiry?

This problem occurs due to difference between timezones of user and webserver location e.g. I live in Pakistan which is 10 hours ahead of US timezone and my server is in US. I request the page at 17/10/2012 14:00 at Pakistan time. The time in US is 17/10/2012 4:00 since webserver is in US and session expiry is set to 2 hours the cookie sent by server is set to expire at 17/10/2012 6:00. Now browser interacts with your local pc time and it gets time 17/10/2012 14:00 therefore it deletes the cookie or your cookie always refreshed on your request. Therefore its best to set session expiry to 1 day because the largest timezone difference is 17 hours between new zealand and US (i am not sure about difference may be i am wrong). So your cookie will at least keep alive for 7 hours

edited Oct 17 '12 at 07:53

answered Oct 16 '12 at 09:04

Code Prank

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Yes, its working now, by increasing expiry to one day... :) but how to manage it without this, do you try it? anyhow thanks. – ime.devdesks Oct 16 '12 at 09:43
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this problem occurs when your timezone differs from the web host timezone therefore 1 day is safe. – Code Prank Oct 16 '12 at 11:28
@Shayanhusaini but when we are use localhost then why should face this problem – Kushal Suthar Aug 07 '14 at 11:12
@kushalsuthar i have answered the most common problems in session. There are many possibilities with browser settings – Code Prank Aug 11 '14 at 06:06

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 00:41

just to add my experience, I'm using Codeigniter 2.1.4,

Issue: sessions on Chrome didn't last more than a couple minutes, or get logged out while doing ajax requests. I tried several approachs: (changed sess_cookie_name, longer sess_expiration time).

I just found that setting sess_encrypt_cookie to FALSE fixed the chrome logout issue.

$config['sess_encrypt_cookie'] = FALSE;

Not sure why, maybe cookie length issue on chrome (as far as I know encryption increases a lot a string length).

I know encrypting adds an extra level of security, but as far as I've read, the data stored in the cookie is not sensitive.

Hope it helps!

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '15 at 04:25

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I changed the sess_match_useragent param to false in the config.php

$config['sess_match_useragent'] = FALSE;

And the problem with google chrome was resolved.

answered Mar 18 '15 at 04:25

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 16 '12 at 07:02

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Did you check that you are storing session for a longer time and it is not destroyed early.Or may be it has to do with chrome settings for accepting session and cookies data as there is no such code in codeigniter which will work on Firefox and it will not work on chrome.Also make sure you are auto loading your 'session' library.

answered Oct 16 '12 at 07:02

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yes i have auto load my session library, and everything is ok except on chrome... – ime.devdesks Oct 16 '12 at 08:52

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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perfect answer by Shayan Husaini I had the same problem and i resolved it by changing

$config['sess_expiration'] = 8600;

which is seconds in 24 hours, it was seconds in 2 hours

$config['sess_expiration'] = 7200;

I live in Pakistan and using server of USA so this problem pop up.

Thanks Shayan it was great help.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Jan 29 '13 at 10:42

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 06 '14 at 18:33

I encountered the same problem in and finally manage to solve it by updating the sessions database table with the sql structure from the latest version of Codeigniter at this time, version 2.1.4.

    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS  `ci_sessions` (
         session_id varchar(40) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
         ip_address varchar(45) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
         user_agent varchar(120) NOT NULL,
         last_activity int(10) unsigned DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
         user_data text NOT NULL,
         PRIMARY KEY (session_id),
         KEY `last_activity_idx` (`last_activity`)
    );

Also note that if you have multiple databases configured in the config/database.php, the session table using the the session table of the default configuration's databse.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 24 '15 at 17:54

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Solved, CodeIgniter has some problem if the specified domain for cookies is localhost, I've set a fake domain with a real domain's name structure into the hosts file and it works.

answered Mar 24 '15 at 17:54

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 01 '15 at 23:13

I know this is a late answer but if you're looking for a good solution here it is: use this code as the logging out code:

$this->session->sess_destroy();

This will insure removal of session "ci_session" which is the main reason you can't save a new session, hope it helps

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered May 15 '19 at 05:57

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Check your server php version if its 7.x change to 5.6 it works for me

answered May 15 '19 at 05:57

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score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Aug 08 '20 at 01:25

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I had the same problem and I could solve the problem by changing value of $config['sess_time_to_update'] = 3; in /application/config/config.php of CodeIgniter framework.

edited Aug 08 '20 at 01:25

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answered Aug 08 '20 at 00:37

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 18 '21 at 05:35

I had also faced same issue. But I have fixed it by setting proper value at $config['cookie_path']. If your project run from a sub-folder of your domain. then please set sub-folder name as value of $config['cookie_path'];

Suppose your project url : https://example.com/demo1/ then $config['cookie_path'] should like $config['cookie_path'] = '/demo1/'

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 06 '21 at 08:16

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try updating to the latest version. I'm using version 3.1.9 no problem with session.

https://codeigniter.com/userguide3/installation/downloads.html

answered Nov 06 '21 at 08:16

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CodeIgniter session class not working in Chrome

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