[opensuse-wiki] Fix for Session Data Lost Error
Hello Everyone, I have rolled a fix for Bug 619735 to the production wiki. I have provided details about the problem and solution there, but here's the short of it: PHP requires session_start() to be called before any session data can be saved. The javascript login only passes login information to iChain and never explicitly calls the MediaWiki login, where the session_start() function is called. Thus, when using the javascript login, no session is started, and no session data is saved. Editing a page also calls session_start(), which is why it starts working after trying it one time. I added a session_start() call in the automatic iChain login script, and I have not been able to duplicate the problem on stage since. As this appears to solve the problem, I have moved it out to the live wiki. Please test it out and report any issues to me. If I don't hear anything over the weekend, I'll close the bug out on Monday. In addition to the fix, the latest deployment also contains the code for email validation. It won't do anything until it is provided certain header information by iChain, which should be set up to do that on Monday morning.
On 08/07/2010 05:56 AM, Matthew Ehle wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I have rolled a fix for Bug 619735 to the production wiki. I have provided details about the problem and solution there, but here's the short of it:
PHP requires session_start() to be called before any session data can be saved. The javascript login only passes login information to iChain and never explicitly calls the MediaWiki login, where the session_start() function is called. Thus, when using the javascript login, no session is started, and no session data is saved. Editing a page also calls session_start(), which is why it starts working after trying it one time.
I added a session_start() call in the automatic iChain login script, and I have not been able to duplicate the problem on stage since. As this appears to solve the problem, I have moved it out to the live wiki. Please test it out and report any issues to me. If I don't hear anything over the weekend, I'll close the bug out on Monday.
In addition to the fix, the latest deployment also contains the code for email validation. It won't do anything until it is provided certain header information by iChain, which should be set up to do that on Monday morning.
Cool, thanks Matthew for finding this nasty bug! Greetings -- Thomas Schmidt (tschmidt [at] suse.de) SUSE Linux Products GmbH :: Research & Development :: Tools "Linux is een Bedriefssysteem för Reekners. Dat is een Oort vun Unix, un Linus Torvalds hett sick dat infallen laaten." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
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