PHP session variables change with file include
This question is based on a previous question I asked but is getting messy with edits as I was not sure where the problem could come from. (Please advise if this question needs to be closed)
I develop with PHP 5.3.3 on development environment + Apache 2 (my code works there) The production server has PHP 5.2.6 and the same server (same code doesn't work here)
Thanks to Melsi on the other question I managed to narrow down the problem to a few lines of code.
The problem is: In an include file I start a session and check for a variable. Depending on that session variable I include a language file.
The structure is like this:
-index.php
INCLUDE
开发者_开发知识库-menus.php
-lang_fr.php
-lang_en.php
The files are as follows:
INDEX.PHP
<?php
//SET LANGUAGE
if (isset($_GET['lang']) && $_GET['lang'] == 'fr') {
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'fr';
}
else if (isset($_GET['lang']) && $_GET['lang'] == 'en') {
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'en';
}
else {
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'en';
}
include_once 'include/menus.php';
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>building...</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo($links);
?>
<br><br>
print_r($_SESSION);
<br><br>
<?php
print_r($_SESSION);
?>
</body>
</html>
MENUS.PHP
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['lang']) && $_SESSION['lang'] == 'en') {
include_once('lang_en.php');
}
else if(isset($_SESSION['lang']) && $_SESSION['lang'] == 'fr') {
include_once('lang_fr.php');
}
else {
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'fr';
include_once('lang_fr.php');
}
$links = <<<EOT
<a href="/index.php?lang=en">English</a>
<a href="/index.php?lang=fr">French</a>
EOT;
?>
LAN_EN and FR.PHP
<?php
$lang['test'] = "Test";
?>
This on my local server works and displays the correct session variables when I click on the links.
On the production server I get:
-First load: Array ( [lang] => fr ) (default, correct)
-Click on English link: Array ( [lang] => Tn )
-Click on the French link: Array ( [lang] => Tr )
If I change in the language file 'Test' to 'Pest', the results above are 'Pn' and 'Pr'
I would like to know if there's something wrong with the code or with the configuration production server (according to their support there is nothing wrong) and if so what could be the problem.
Note: The problem disappears when I remove the includes in menus.php
The problem in your code is that you as setting the Setting variables and in Index.php but Starting the Session in Menu.php file. Kindly change thing to:
Index.php
<?php
ob_start();
session_start();
//SET LANGUAGE
if (isset($_GET['lang']) && $_GET['lang'] == 'fr') {
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'fr';
}
else if (isset($_GET['lang']) && $_GET['lang'] == 'en') {
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'en';
}
else {
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'en';
}
include_once 'include/menus.php';
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>building...</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo($links);
?>
<br><br>
print_r($_SESSION);
<br><br>
<?php
print_r($_SESSION);
?>
</body>
</html>
MENUS.PHP
<?php
if(isset($_SESSION['lang']) && $_SESSION['lang'] == 'en') {
include_once('lang_en.php');
}
else if(isset($_SESSION['lang']) && $_SESSION['lang'] == 'fr') {
include_once('lang_fr.php');
}
else {
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'fr';
include_once('lang_fr.php');
}
$links = <<<EOT
<a href="/index.php?lang=en">English</a>
<a href="/index.php?lang=fr">French</a>
EOT;
?>
I Think this would resolve your problem
If you look closely to my answearin your previous question the very first thing mentioned (written in bold) was exactly this:
Maybe a session is started from a file that is included and this should not happen!
Vineet is correct and I will expand his right answear a bit more!
When you include the file child.php into the father.php you must think of the code found in child.php as being part of father.php One of the first things you do in a father.php script (like index.php) is a session start. You do not start a session in an included script because this might create some conflict as an other session could have been started already.
And if you have many files, (even worse if some of them are both included or executed directly cause of no single entry point) then how easy is to manage all this?!
You said this:
Thanks but the problem doesn't come from the structure of my site
Well this might not be entirely true! The thing is that writing old school code (no mvc, no single entry point, not really object oriented) has the benefit that has a very easy learning curve. HOWEVER while such code is easy to write the thing is that such code requires more skills to avoid errors!
On the other hand the object oriented aproach has more difficulty to get started cause there are more things to learn (objects, prototypes, interface, relatinships (belong-to, is part of) etc etc ) and requires a different behaviour. HOWEVER you definetely will benefit more!
A last thing! Well a well structred-site makes the session manage a thing of a few lines, writen only once at the very begining and that's it all.
I am glad that you are twoards solving you problem!
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