Re: [Phplib-users] php4 session fix, and some thoughts

[Lindsay H. <fm...@fm...>]

Thus spake Giancarlo on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:57:09AM CST
> >Basically, the instance variable $sess->in wasn't being saved across
> >sessions, and Joe Stewart noted as much in his code comments.  setup.inc 
> >was
> >being run on each page access, so any stored information was getting wiped
> >out since $cart->start(), in my setup.inc, ran each time a page was loaded.
> >
> >The underlying problem is that phplib session management no longer
> >instantiates a session class with all the public and private instance
> >variables needed by the API.  While the $sess object stored in $_SESSION 
> >can
> 
> Sorry. I didn't follow this.
> Why do you say that the $sess object is saved in the session? I am 
> almost sure that $sess itself  does not come from the session 
> persistance. It is an object that is reinstantiated at every start from 
> the source included, ant only its properties are deserialized from the 
> storage...

Portions of the session object, notably registered variables and whether or
not the session as been previously initialized, are stored.  Your point
correct.  The session object itself isn't stored.

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