[PHP] Problem with sessions and Internet Explorer
Hi, We have added some new features to a SiteShield protected website which makes it neccessary to use sessions. Although creating the session and the appropriate variables is a server side process there seem to be problems with IE (tested with version 6 on Win2000 Pro and WinXP Pro). If I access the site with IE I will see the following error message at the bottom of the page: Warning: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/home/globstag/tmp) in Unknown on line 0 However if I access the site with any other browser writing the session data works. But this isn't all yet. I can't replicate the problem on any other machine I have access to. On all other machines I have access to the site works fine. First I thought that it might have been a problem with the PHP version because the server runs on PHP 4.0.6 and my notebook runs on PHP 4.2.1. Upgrading the server to 4.2.1 unfortunately didn't solve the problem. I have then deployed the site to my private dedicated server which runs PHP 4.0.6 on SuSE 7.2. Even on that machine I can't replicate the error. The main difference between the other servers and the server in NewYork is that only the server in NewYork is protected with SiteShield. Which leads me to the conclusion that there might be a problem related to the combination of SiteShield, IE and PHP. If you have any ideas feel free to share your thoughts with me. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Otto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using PHP on Windows? www.php4win.de -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problem with sessions and Internet Explorer
At 14:24 22.11.2002, Andreas Otto spoke out and said: [snip] We have added some new features to a SiteShield protected website which makes it neccessary to use sessions. Although creating the session and the appropriate variables is a server side process there seem to be problems with IE (tested with version 6 on Win2000 Pro and WinXP Pro). If I access the site with IE I will see the following error message at the bottom of the page: Warning: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/home/globstag/tmp) in Unknown on line 0 However if I access the site with any other browser writing the session data works. [snip] Hi, I don't see how this behaviour could be related to a browser version - all browsers behave (should behave?) identically when requesting a page... they simply issue a MIME request, like GET /?PHPSESSIONID=aasdasdasdasdasdasd HTTP/1.0 Host: www.yourhost.com The message you see looks disturbing to me - is the session.save_path value actually set to /home/globstag/tmp? Does Apache (or else) have all necessary rights to this directory? _MAYBE_ you're using some mod_rewrite rules on the target server, depending on the user agent, so IE's would end up in a defunct installation? I'd check for this inn the first place. -- O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/
Re: [PHP] Problem with sessions and Internet Explorer
Hi Ernest, On Friday 22 November 2002 15:05, Ernest E Vogelsinger wrote: The message you see looks disturbing to me - is the session.save_path value actually set to /home/globstag/tmp? Does Apache (or else) have all necessary rights to this directory? _MAYBE_ you're using some mod_rewrite rules on the target server, depending on the user agent, so IE's would end up in a defunct installation? I'd check for this inn the first place. Well, guess what I did before writing this eMail ;-) At the end of my original eMail I said: On Friday 22 November 2002 14:24, Andreas Otto wrote: The main difference between the other servers and the server in NewYork is that only the server in NewYork is protected with SiteShield. Which leads me to the conclusion that there might be a problem related to the combination of SiteShield, IE and PHP. So what we have is a set of web servers to which access is controlled by a (proxy) server. The software that is used to manage access rights is called SiteShield and is developed by a company called Tempest. Every request to the server I experience this strange problem at has to pass the SiteShield server. The question is now: Has anyone heard about or had problems with the combination of PHP SiteShield and InternetExplorer? Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Otto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using PHP on Windows? www.php4win.de -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problem with sessions and Internet Explorer
At 15:35 22.11.2002, Andreas Otto spoke out and said: [snip] Well, guess what I did before writing this eMail ;-) That's what I have feared... Every request to the server I experience this strange problem at has to pass the SiteShield server. Is it possible to have SiteShield log what its doing? The question is now: Has anyone heard about or had problems with the combination of PHP SiteShield and InternetExplorer? I don't know anything about SiteShield - can anyone else chime in please? I'd also try to holler at the guys at Tempest... -- O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/
Re: [PHP] Problem with sessions and Internet Explorer
Hi Ernest, On Friday 22 November 2002 16:11, Ernest E Vogelsinger wrote: Is it possible to have SiteShield log what its doing? The question is now: Has anyone heard about or had problems with the combination of PHP SiteShield and InternetExplorer? I don't know anything about SiteShield - can anyone else chime in please? I'd also try to holler at the guys at Tempest... I have been trying that, but it looks like I have to run the query through our office in NewYork where the servers are hosted. My colleagues in NewYork will have the right support details. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Otto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using PHP on Windows? www.php4win.de -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
