ID: 16349
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: adam at adeptsoftware dot com
-Status: Suspended
+Status: Open
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: WinXP
PHP Version: 4.1.2
New Comment:
powerblade's comment is incorrect, the point of this bug is to
determine whether the user has a session without creating a new one if
they do not. (session_id always returns a blank string prior to
session_start(), regardless of whether an actual session exists).
Example: a site wishes to print "Hello <username>" at the top of every
page. Username is stored on a session. The site must therefore resume
the session to retrieve this username. But it is pointless to *create*
a session just for this purpose. A bunch of useless 0-byte sess_* files
are wastefully created.
In Java, one would do request.getSession(false) - the parameter 'start'
set to false causes this function to return null if no session already
exists.
In PHP, better semantics would be to add a function such as bool
session_exists()
This still needs to be addressed.
Previous Comments:
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[2002-12-03 15:37:01] powerblade at mail dot dk
I had the same problem. I wanted to knew if the session was started or
not.
I found out i should do a session_id(); If it returns "null" then it's
not
started yet, else it returns the session id.
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[2002-04-14 16:17:06] adam at adeptsoftware dot com
Why is this suspended?
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[2002-04-03 12:02:03] adam at adeptsoftware dot com
Heh when I think bug I think "flaw", I don't consider basic
functionality to be a feature. Knowing if a session has been created
or not without having to create one seems pretty basic to me..
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[2002-04-03 11:57:46] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know, I am pretty good at having bugs even in stuff I haven't
implemented yet.
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[2002-04-03 11:48:19] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it isn't implemented, there can't be a bug in it. Moving this to a
feature request.
Derick
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