Re: RES: [PHP-INSTALL] Can't enable use_trans_sid

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Thiago Pojda wrote:

> To: [email protected]
> From: Thiago Pojda <[email protected]>
> Subject: RES: [PHP-INSTALL] Can't enable use_trans_sid
> 
> De: Keith Roberts [mailto:[email protected]]
>
>>> Another question:
>>>
>>> Is there a way to make php use these fields [hidden sessid] instead of
> cookies for
>>> session control? I still want to let cookies enabled for other stuff,
>>> but as it's messing up with multiple sessions because of poor cookie
>>> handling.
>>>
>
>> As the browser cookies use a different mechanism for storing
>> and retrieving cookies independently of PHP, I cannot see how
>> browser cookies can be clashing with your PHP session_id cookies.
>
> The problem I run into sometimes is: A user opens a IE 
> instance and logs in. The same user, on the same PC, opens 
> a new instance (not from "Open in new window..." but from 
> iexplore.exe) and logs in again. Then he has two 
> independent sessions until the data from both sessions get 
> mixed up, showing data from one session in another. I 
> can't think of any other problem but erroneous session_ids 
> being sent.

Have your users tried this with another browser, apart from 
IE, such a Firefox or Netscape? If so, do they have the same 
problem?

Regards

Keith