Fwd: Re: [imp] strange problem with php's session.auto_start enabled !!!

[Darragh Bailey]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> > > I'm having a strange problem..
> > > I've got session.auto_start enabled in my php.ini...
> > > everytime I try to log into the IMP system, it always throws me out
> > > saying "Your Session has expired"....
> > > As soon as I disable session.auto_start in php.ini and restart apache,
> > > it works perfectly...
> > > Now the problem is that I need session.auto_start to be enabled for my
> > > other applications (my mistake !!!! :( ).....
> > > Is there any way I can make IMP work with session.auto_start
> > > enabled????
> >
> > You can change php.ini settings with .htaccess files.
> >
> > Jan.
> 
> Thanks a lot !!!!
> But, I don't know how to do it ... :-(
> Could you tell me how to go about??

Would it not be better to use the following function from php
string ini_set ( string varname, string newvalue)

to modify session.auto_start for the required application it is required to be 
enabled/disabled for it to work correctly.

hordes Horde.php under the lib directory seems to be the most suitable location 
if you want to do it this way under the method called setupSessionHandler() 
seems the best place.

just adding the following line to it should work
ini_set('session.auto_start', '0'); 

Although doing this through a .htaccess file would have the advantage of not 
needing to be redone each time you upgrade.

Although if imp/horde really requires session.auto_start to be disabled to 
function correctly I'm supprised that it hasn't already been added into the 
code to explicitly disable it instead of relying on the php configuration.

-- 
Darragh

"Nothing's foolproof to a sufficently talented fool"