PHP $_SESSION Values Don't Persist Between Requests

Asked Aug 09 '13 at 23:06

Active Aug 09 '13 at 23:24

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I have you files:

set.php

<?php
    session_start();
    $_SESSION['user_name'] = "anglinb";
    var_dump($_SESSION);
?>

get.php

<?php
    session_start();
    var_dump($_SESSION);
?>

I have one server where I can go to set.php and then go to get.php and both pages will show the same result of vardump.

The second server, hosted by namecheap, will not store the data. The $_SESSION superglobal was working fine but suddenly it stopped working.

What I have tired

I have check the writablity of the tmp domain suggested here stackoverflow.com. However the information still doesn't persist between requests. I know my browser settings and my code is ok because it works on my server.

I have tried to set the path to a different directory where the permissions are 777.

ini_set(' session.save_path','/tmpp');

I can post the phpinfo page if this would help.

Here are the two cookies: set: set cookie

get: get cookie

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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asked Aug 09 '13 at 23:06

anglinb

Enable error_reporting. Do the session cookie ids stay the same? – mario Aug 09 '13 at 23:07
How should see if the cookie ids stay the same? I have error_reporting turned on. – anglinb Aug 09 '13 at 23:08
Browser, right click, site properties, cookie manager. – mario Aug 09 '13 at 23:09
Ok I did that and posted the images in the question. You can a take a look at the site if you want: dev.briananglin.me/set.php – anglinb Aug 09 '13 at 23:25
That's not a PHP session cookie. Enable `error_reporting(E_ALL);` atop the script. – mario Aug 09 '13 at 23:46
Thank you! I needed to turn output buffering on. – anglinb Aug 09 '13 at 23:58
Read here why that's an unreliable workaround: [Headers already sent by PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8028957/headers-already-sent-by-php) – mario Aug 10 '13 at 00:11

PHP $_SESSION Values Don't Persist Between Requests

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