Session lost after page redirect in php

Question

When I use php header redirection all session variables are lost... Some people say that adding exit(); just after the header(\"\"); will solve the problem but it doesn\'t s

Answer 1

You just need to check the file permission in /var/lib/php directory give yje public permisssion to /var/lib/php/session directory.

and all done.

Answer 2

You aren't starting the session. In order to use session variables and have them carry across pages, you need to put

session_start();

at the top of each page before anything else.

Answer 3

These sessions does not always work as we expect sometimes. I had a similar problem with my website using sessions that get lost. I basically solved it by injecting the value I want to keep on the session into the hidden text field the first time the page loads. Then the second time I call the page(page submit) I simply read the value from the hidden text field and carry on with rest of my code.

That's more easier and cleaner than using sessions in this case!

Answer 4

Simples! make sure the page you are coming from (e.g. www.example.com) redirects to a (eg.g www.example.com/redirect.php) notice www at the beginning. If you change that from page to page, then yes things get wonky.

Answer 5

exit; should be placed after header redirection or session_regenerate_id(true); can be used

Answer 6

You need to put exit(); after your header redirection, otherwise you have just loaded two pages of content into 1 page.

Also make sure you have session_start(); at the top of all your scripts.