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mlaiter · 12-25-2009, 11:20 AM

I'm having an issue with one section on my website dealing with sessions. Now I know that myself and two other individuals can get it to work without any issues on IE, FF, or other browsers, however, others cannot get it to work. Maybe someone can help me in the right direction?

Code:

<?php
session_start();
include "db.php";
?>


<?php
           if(!empty($pilotid)){
           ?>
           <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit Bid">       
          <? } ?>

This Submit button is where the issue is at. It is not showing up for everybody like I mentioned before. Any ideas?

vanguard · 01-06-2010, 06:58 PM

what is the code inside db.php? I cant tell whats going on if i cant see all the code. If you are expecting $pilotid to come out of the user's session, you would be better off retrieving it as $_SESSION['pilotid'] as the method you currently use is relying on register_globals being enabled, which is a security risk.

mlaiter · 01-06-2010, 08:57 PM

Actually, this issue was resolved, sorry for not putting the resolved tag on it. I had one mistake somewhere and it was found and fixed.

alstonwillman · 06-29-2010, 08:47 AM

First, check your web server logs for error. Make sure php error reporting is on. Whenever you get a blank page, you've got an error.

Are you calling session_start(); at the top of each of your files? Presuming you have a form that is posting 'set1' to the file in which you are setting the session variable, your syntax seems to be okay...

Edit: If you have server access, the apache logs are usually someplace like /usr/local/apache/logs. If you stick a file containing the following code in your webroot, it will tell you where logs, config files, etc. reside -

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Also, try putting error_reporting(E_ALL); at the top of your php files. It should cause errors to go to the browser.

If all else fails, go with brute-force - add a few echo statements through your code to see how far it's getting before it bails out.

Wenrich · 07-05-2010, 03:10 AM

A "secure" session ID should be at least 128 bits in length and sufficiently random. Cookies can also be used to identify a user, but care must be taken in using cookies. PHP provides a straightforward answer. PHP provides a straightforward answer. For reasons best known to the early Joomla designers, Joomla attempts to set the session ID to a random value that is generated within Joomla software.

kaa · 07-09-2010, 03:36 AM

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.