[PAYH] $_SESSION not working now
Finally Resolved it Gabe 
I needed to add the SID to my redirect string thus
That's all it was
This now makes sense of what you were saying because SID is PHPSESSID so the code above passes the session id to the receiving page.
I upload these two test pages to prove this point
Example #1 A session example: page1.php
After viewing page1.php, the second page page2.php will magically contain the session data. Read the session reference for information on propagating session ids as it, for example, explains what the constant SID is all about.
Example #2 A session example: page2.php
i got this info from http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php
Thanks very much for all your help and patience Gabe
I needed to add the SID to my redirect string thus
header("Refresh: 0; url=admin/protected/index.php?".SID);That's all it was
This now makes sense of what you were saying because SID is PHPSESSID so the code above passes the session id to the receiving page.
I upload these two test pages to prove this point
Example #1 A session example: page1.php
<?php
// page1.php
session_start();
echo 'Welcome to page #1';
$_SESSION['favcolor'] = 'green';
$_SESSION['animal'] = 'cat';
$_SESSION['time'] = time();
// Works if session cookie was accepted
echo '<br /><a href="page2.php">page 2</a>';
// Or maybe pass along the session id, if needed
echo '<br /><a href="page2.php?' . SID . '">page 2</a>';
?>
After viewing page1.php, the second page page2.php will magically contain the session data. Read the session reference for information on propagating session ids as it, for example, explains what the constant SID is all about.
Example #2 A session example: page2.php
<?php
// page2.php
session_start();
echo 'Welcome to page #2<br />';
echo $_SESSION['favcolor']; // green
echo $_SESSION['animal']; // cat
echo date('Y m d H:i:s', $_SESSION['time']);
// You may want to use SID here, like we did in page1.php
echo '<br /><a href="page1.php">page 1</a>';
?>
i got this info from http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php
Thanks very much for all your help and patience Gabe
CORRECTION, It's not over yet.
Even though it works now as explained in the post above, each visit to a page in the admin/protected area sends me back to the login page.
Remember, the first lines of code in all pages in the admin area are...
I've tried it with and without the SID on the end of the redirect string but it always sends me back to the login page.
The PHPSESSID is different for each visit
On the live site, once you've logged in you can go in and out of the admin area until you log out?
What do I do now?
Even though it works now as explained in the post above, each visit to a page in the admin/protected area sends me back to the login page.
Remember, the first lines of code in all pages in the admin area are...
<?php
session_start();
if(!$_SESSION['userisvalid'])
{
header("Refresh: 0; url=../../login.php");
exit();
}
?>
I've tried it with and without the SID on the end of the redirect string but it always sends me back to the login page.
The PHPSESSID is different for each visit
On the live site, once you've logged in you can go in and out of the admin area until you log out?
What do I do now?
Yes tried that mate, no joy.
Those two test pages prove that it won't work without putting the SID into the string but just when i thought i had fixed it i get this new problem that once it's gone through the login process and got me in to the admin area, i cant move around because the $_SESSION['userisvalid'] variable is empty and so it sends me back to the login page which then creates a new SID. Vicious cirlce
Still can't get my head round what's different about the two platforms.
Here's some more infor from php.net
A session created with session_start will only be available to pages within the directory tree of the page that first created it.
i.e. If the page that first creates the session is /dir1/dir2/index.php and the user then goes to any page above dir2 (e.g. /dir1/index.php), session_start will create a new session rather than use the existing one.
Don't know if relevent or not
Those two test pages prove that it won't work without putting the SID into the string but just when i thought i had fixed it i get this new problem that once it's gone through the login process and got me in to the admin area, i cant move around because the $_SESSION['userisvalid'] variable is empty and so it sends me back to the login page which then creates a new SID. Vicious cirlce
Still can't get my head round what's different about the two platforms.
Here's some more infor from php.net
A session created with session_start will only be available to pages within the directory tree of the page that first created it.
i.e. If the page that first creates the session is /dir1/dir2/index.php and the user then goes to any page above dir2 (e.g. /dir1/index.php), session_start will create a new session rather than use the existing one.
Don't know if relevent or not
definately doesn't work for me.
Done it at home and work now, same result.
It will only work if i include the SID in the redirect but then i've still got this other issue where it keeps returning to the login
It's doin my ed in now
how can i guarantee that i'm not blocking them from plushost?
Done it at home and work now, same result.
It will only work if i include the SID in the redirect but then i've still got this other issue where it keeps returning to the login
It's doin my ed in now
how can i guarantee that i'm not blocking them from plushost?
yes i've got both google chrome and firefox, i'll give them i try but i'm not hopeful
EDIT:
Same result in both Gabe
Any help from PlusNet staff yet?
The transistion from ccgi to payh is proving to be very painful
EDIT:
Same result in both Gabe
Any help from PlusNet staff yet?
The transistion from ccgi to payh is proving to be very painful