session_register
If you change the default path with session_save_path,
the garbage collector of PHP will not remove session cookies.
Therefore you must write your own garbage collector, cron entry or shell script.
session_save_path
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
session_save_path — Get and/or set the current session save path
Description
string session_save_path
([ string $path
] )
session_save_path() returns the path of the current directory used to save session data.
Parameters
- path
-
Session data path. If specified, the path to which data is saved will be changed. session_save_path() needs to be called before session_start() for that purpose.
Note: On some operating systems, you may want to specify a path on a filesystem that handles lots of small files efficiently. For example, on Linux, reiserfs may provide better performance than ext2fs.
Return Values
Returns the path of the current directory used for data storage.
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peer at nospam dot com
10-Jul-2008 11:34
10-Jul-2008 11:34
sampathperera at hotmail dot com - Sri Lanka
06-Feb-2008 09:25
06-Feb-2008 09:25
Session on clustered web servers !
We had problem in PHP session handling with 2 web server cluster. Problem was one servers session data was not available in other server.
So I made a simple configuration in both server php.ini file. Changed session.save_path default value to shared folder on both servers (/mnt/session/).
It works for me. :)
gt at psgam dot de
25-Feb-2005 03:58
25-Feb-2005 03:58
Note that you shouldn't use session_save_path() directly for performing file operations.
It returns the configuration option, not the directory.
As stated in /manual/en/ref.session.php#ini.session.save-path there can be a numeric argument separated with a semicolon in front of the "real" path.
I used the following code to get rid of it:
<?php
$sessionpath = session_save_path();
if (strpos ($sessionpath, ";") !== FALSE)
$sessionpath = substr ($sessionpath, strpos ($sessionpath, ";")+1);
?>
Doesn't allow ; to appear in the directory names, but hey.
Regards,
Gero
designofgod at yahoo dot com
15-Feb-2005 04:12
15-Feb-2005 04:12
sometime you need to change session.save_path because server system distributed more then one machine and you can not reach php.ini file example sourceforge.net. Then you can do that with .htaccess file which is kind of configuration file for Apache under one directory. anyway I added
php_value session.save_path /home/groups/f/f4/f4l/tmp/
now my sessions work very well I hope :)
webmaster at gardenchemicals dot co dot uk
16-Sep-2004 05:59
16-Sep-2004 05:59
This is an absolute must if you have an important login on a shared server. Without it, other users of the server can do the following to bypass login:
* Visit login page, browse through cookies and grab the session id.
* Create a PHP script on their account that grabs and sets session variables for a given session id.
* Read and change any values for that session id (for example passwords or session keys), and therefore gain access to the protected area.
All users on web hosting should choose an dir below the HTTP directory struct, but within their user area to store the session files.
a9504778 at unet dot univie dot ac dot at
15-Jan-2001 01:09
15-Jan-2001 01:09
dont forget: if you use session_save_path on the page, that registers a variable, you have also to use session_save_path on all the pages, where you access the session-variable. under win32 you can use the double \\ to specify eg "c:\\temp\\"