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ID: 55267 User updated by: jesse dot hallam at gmail dot com Reported by: jesse dot hallam at gmail dot com -Summary: session_regenerate_id fails after header sent even if ini.use_cookies = 0 +Summary: session_regenerate_id fails after header sent even if session.use_cookies = 0 Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Session related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.3.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Correcting summary so as not to suggest an invalid ini setting is being used. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-07-22 12:00:53] jesse dot hallam at gmail dot com Description: ------------ When unit testing session-related code in a CLI environment, appropriate PHP ini settings combined with passing false to session_cache_limiter can allow sessions to be started even if output has been already sent. Unfortunately, session_regenerate_id() fails unconditionally even when no cookie headers would have been sent: // session.c, session_regenerate_id if (SG(headers_sent)) { php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "Cannot regenerate session id - headers already sent"); RETURN_FALSE; } // session.c, php_session_reset_id if (PS(use_cookies) && PS(send_cookie)) { php_session_send_cookie(TSRMLS_C); PS(send_cookie) = 0; } Is this just an oversight? Or intentional? Test script: --------------- <?php ini_set( 'session.use_cookies', 0 ); ini_set( 'session.use_only_cookies', 0 ); ini_set( 'session.use_trans_id', 1 ); // Don't send headers! session_cache_limiter( false ); echo 'test'; // Succeeds session_start(); // Fails session_regenerate_id(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- No warnings or errors. Output: test Actual result: -------------- testPHP Warning: session_regenerate_id(): Cannot regenerate session id - headers already sent in /home/jesse.hallam/tmp/session_test.php on line 15 PHP Stack trace: PHP 1. {main}() /home/jesse.hallam/tmp/session_test.php:0 PHP 2. session_regenerate_id() /home/jesse.hallam/tmp/session_test.php:15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55267&edit=1