[Phplib-users] Session/user data and default authentication

[Lichte Hermann-S. <Her...@pd...>]

Hello everybody!

I am trying to figure out a bug in my project for at least three weeks now
and I don't have a clue what it might be so this is the last chance for me
to get any help.

What I would like to do is the following:
Have a webpage with default authentication. While authenticated as nobody
collect data from the nobody-user and store it in session variables (works
fine!). Then there is a page that forces login (using login_if(1)). After
the nobody-user has successfully logged on I'd like to transfer the values
of the session variables to his user variables, so that they won't be lost
after he logs out.

The problem, however, is:
After logging on, the session variables are corrupted. They have values
other than the ones gathered before. And I don't know why. While searching
for the bug, I have removed any code from my scripts that refers to user
variables. I am trying to see whether the session variables keep their
values before and after logging on - but the program behaves strangely:

First step: Suppose there's a variable called A. While being nobody, this
variable is set to 1. After logging on its value is <undefined>. Now while
logged on this variable will be set again to 1.
Second step: Restart the browser. While being nobody, the variable A is set
to 3. After logging on its value is 1. Now while logged on this variable
will be set again to 3.
Second step: Restart the browser. While being nobody, the variable A is set
to 12. After logging on its value is 3. etc.

How can that be? I am not using any register() methods from user-classes.
It's just the session-class I am interacting with. I can't figure out why
this systems behaves this way. I thought the session wouldn't change after
logging on.

Can something like the above be done using PHPLIB and - if it can be done -
what could cause such a strange behaviour?

Many thanks for any hints (even those that don't point into the right
direction).

Hermann-Simon Lichte