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Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work

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On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:17:03 -0400, Michael Joel wrote:
> I have page data being sent through a php script that uses sessions to 
> pass along variables. These vars are used to load data.
>
> If a user opens a page, everything works fine.
> If they open another in a new window it works fine.
> If they tab back over to the original browser window and hit refresh it 
> switches to the last page they opened in the other window.
>
> This is because sessions is keeping that last var data in memory so the 
> old page when refreshed reads the new var data and opens new data 
> instead of refreshing the old.
>
> How would I go about fixing this so a page doesn't lose it's var data on 
> refresh?

Set session.use_trans_sid, unset session.use_cookie, don't forget to
grab the session ID out of the $_GET array for every page load. Yes,
your URLs will be ugly, and it'll be not impossible for someone to end
up screwing things somehow with URL bookmarking or sharing.

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76. If the hero runs up to my roof, I will not run up after him and 
    struggle with him in an attempt to push him over the edge. I will 
    also not engage him at the edge of a cliff. (In the middle of a 
    rope-bridge over a river of lava is not even worth considering.)

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sessions causing refreshing not to work Michael Joel <null@void.void> - 2012-06-02 23:17 -0400
  Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-06-02 22:57 -0500
    Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Fred <fr-icsr@numericable.fr> - 2012-06-03 13:07 +0200
      Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-06-03 22:20 -0500
    Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-06-04 07:56 +0200
      Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-06-04 11:20 -0500
        Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-06-05 03:27 +0200
    Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-05 06:46 +0200
      Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-06-05 07:14 -0500
        Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-05 20:52 +0200
          Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-06-05 15:05 -0500
            Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-06 21:50 +0200
        Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2012-06-06 08:34 -0400
  Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Fred <fr-icsr@numericable.fr> - 2012-06-03 13:21 +0200
    Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Michael Joel <null@void.void> - 2012-06-03 09:59 -0400
      Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Fred <fr-icsr@numericable.fr> - 2012-06-03 16:43 +0200
        Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-06-03 19:13 +0000
  Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-06-04 07:59 +0200
  Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2012-06-04 09:12 +0200
  Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work Michael Joel <null@void.void> - 2012-06-05 16:51 -0400
    Re: sessions causing refreshing not to work The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-05 23:09 +0100

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