Sessions across browser instances?

[Kevin Thorpe]

I've hit a problem with sessions.

If I have a document relying on sessions which has a link target=_blank
then the new window inherits the session from its parent (in IE).

However, if I embed an instance of IE in a VBA form in Excel and click
on the link, the new window doesn't inherit the session.

I have no idea why this should happen at all since both instances of the
browser have access to the same cookies.

Can anyone tell me how to inherit a session like that? I've tried
passing over $PHPSESSID without any success (PHPSESSID is set correctly,
but $_SESSION is empty)

[Andy Hassall]

Re: Sessions across browser instances?

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:40:59 +0000, Kevin Thorpe <kevin@pricetra k.com> wrote:
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>I've hit a problem with sessions.
>
>If I have a document relying on sessions which has a link target=_blank
>then the new window inherits the session from its parent (in IE).
>
>However, if I embed an instance of IE in a VBA form in Excel and click
>on the link, the new window doesn't inherit the session.
>
>I have no idea why this should happen at all since both instances of the
>browser have access to the same cookies.
>
>Can anyone tell me how to inherit a session like that? I've tried
>passing over $PHPSESSID without any success (PHPSESSID is set correctly,
>but $_SESSION is empty)[/color]

Use stored cookies (with a lifetime set) instead of session cookies, perhaps?

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-cookie-params.php

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[Savut]

Re: Sessions across browser instances?

use session_id()

Savut

"Kevin Thorpe" <kevin@pricetra k.com> wrote in message
news:3fc5f09c$0 $27469$afc38c87 @news.easynet.c o.uk...[color=blue]
> I've hit a problem with sessions.
>
> If I have a document relying on sessions which has a link target=_blank
> then the new window inherits the session from its parent (in IE).
>
> However, if I embed an instance of IE in a VBA form in Excel and click
> on the link, the new window doesn't inherit the session.
>
> I have no idea why this should happen at all since both instances of the
> browser have access to the same cookies.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to inherit a session like that? I've tried
> passing over $PHPSESSID without any success (PHPSESSID is set correctly,
> but $_SESSION is empty)
>[/color]

[Kevin Thorpe]

Re: Sessions across browser instances?

Andy Hassall wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:40:59 +0000, Kevin Thorpe <kevin@pricetra k.com> wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>I've hit a problem with sessions.
>>
>>If I have a document relying on sessions which has a link target=_blank
>>then the new window inherits the session from its parent (in IE).
>>
>>However, if I embed an instance of IE in a VBA form in Excel and click
>>on the link, the new window doesn't inherit the session.
>>
>>I have no idea why this should happen at all since both instances of the
>>browser have access to the same cookies.
>>
>>Can anyone tell me how to inherit a session like that? I've tried
>>passing over $PHPSESSID without any success (PHPSESSID is set correctly,
>>but $_SESSION is empty)[/color]
>
>
> Use stored cookies (with a lifetime set) instead of session cookies, perhaps?
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/functio...kie-params.php[/color]

Yup, that'll probably work. I've found out that browsers spawned from an
existing browser window all share the same data space including
temporary cookies. However spawning a new browser from within a VBA
embedded browser actually starts a new instance of the browser. As to
why I guess I'll have to ask Billy Boy.