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ID: 53789 Comment by: henno at schooljan dot nl Reported by: richard at blueapex dot co dot uk Summary: Setting session.hash_function doesn't change hash function used. Status: Wont fix Type: Bug Package: Session related Operating System: Freebsd 8.1 PHP Version: 5.3.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This should still be fixed, or at least get documented somewhere. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-22 16:52:30] il...@php.net I think this is one of those situations where hash extension would need to be compiled as part of "core php" for this feature to work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-08 21:34:54] henno at schooljan dot nl It does work when compiling in both hash and session modules into the main PHP executable (by use of --enable-hash and --enable-session on the configure line). The FreeBSD Ports strategy is to provide a slim PHP base package with a lot of extra modules as extra packages to choose. Fine of course, but apparently the has_function option breaks when one of the relevant modules are externally loaded. I found this out because I also run a Gentoo machine where this bug does not manifest itself, and there the package strategy is to compile everything into one big PHP executable. So a quick temporary workaround for FreeBSD users is adding both --enable-hash and --enable-session in the FreeBSD port Makefile for lang/php5 (and disable the external modules to prevent 'already loaded' warnings). To summarize: Steps to reproduce: ------------------- Use either hash or session modules as external loadable module, setting reverts to 0 when choosing a hash algo. Workaround: ----------- Compile both hash and session modules into the main PHP executable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-01 15:11:08] richard at blueapex dot co dot uk I have the hash extension enabled. Doing print_r(hash_algos()) gives a fair few hashes. I'm using hash('SHA512', $foo) for encrypting passwords so it defiantly is available to PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-01 14:39:16] il...@php.net Do you have the hash extension enabled? Without that extension, hashing algorithms other than md5/sha1 will not be available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-01-30 14:07:14] datahell at elxis dot org I face the same problem on PHP 5.2.5 (x64) on my local installation Windows Vista 64bit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53789 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53789&edit=1