PHPSESSID is blank when I echo this

Question

PHPSESSID is blank when I

echo $PHPSESSID

But in php.ini file I have added

session.name = PHPSESSID

I am using PHP 5.4.35 .What is the problem here?

You might find your solution here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1370951/what-is-phpsessid as @user4035 said, you'll find it in a cookie, which of course you'll have to set first. — evilive, Jan 06 '15 at 07:24

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 06 '15 at 07:22

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You should use $_COOKIE['PHPSESSID'], for example:

session_start();
echo session_id();
print $_COOKIE['PHPSESSID'];

will print you Session's ID twice, one by echo session_id(); and second by print $_COOKIE['PHPSESSID'];

answered Jan 06 '15 at 07:22

KennyPowers

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Salman A · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-06T07:31:56.947

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Use the session_id function. This retrieves the value of the session id regardless of the name that was used to create the session (cookie or otherwise).

If you are interested in getting the name, you could use use ini_get("session.name").

edited Jan 06 '15 at 07:31

answered Jan 06 '15 at 07:25

Salman A

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 17 '19 at 17:36

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$PHPSESSID is not correct. PHPSESSID is an index of array $_COOKIE[]. Example:

echo $_COOKIE["PHPSESSID"];

This cookie starts when you start a session.

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answered Jun 17 '19 at 15:18

Santiago Cabrera

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PHPSESSID is blank when I echo this

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