Let me explain it better:
   
   I think the session_start() is not checking if the session is expired or not (or this checking is broken), so its creating more than one session_id. One with the expired ID and another with the new ID. A third ID is appearing too, but i dont know why. Im using session_name() before calling session_start() on all parts of the code.

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Ok.. let me explain it better..

   I have a php script that creates a session with session_name() and session_start(). This session is created with the default cookie expire option which is "expires when the browser is closed". At the end of this script (actually, its more than 1 file) the session is destroyed with session_destroy(). When i execute (run) this script again (same code) it creates 2 session ID on my session_save_path (where session data is saved). One ID is the old expired ID and the other is the new ID. The session data is stored on the old ID (the expired one) and $_SESSION["var"] is read from the new ID. It doesnt return the expected value because the value is on the old expired ID that shouldnt be created again.

This happens when i close the browser (making the session cookie expire) before executing (running) the script for the second time. If i execute (run) it without closing the browser, it justs creates the same ID and works fine which is the expected behaviour because the cooking isnt expired.

So, the thing is, php is creating sessions based on expired session cookies and its getting lost too because its making the expired (old) sessions live again and its creating the new session too. And everything gets messy.

Im using Windows 2000 with php 4.2.1. I tested it with I.E 6.0 and with Mozilla 1.0. The web-server is IIS 5 with CGI.

register_globals is off.


Is it clear enought ?
thank you very much.

reopening it.. hope its better now :)

i wrote cooking, but i mean cookie.

and im using NTFS filesystem.

What I was expecting was a short and complete example
script which can be used to reproduce this..

Closin this BUG. The error was caused because i was using header() after session_start(). Im sure its after :)

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I didnt ask anything!!

Its already on another bug, so i closed it.. end of story.. AND STOP PASTING THIS STUPID MESSAGE. I ALWAYS SEE THIS WHERE PEOPLE DIDNT ASK ANYTHING. Sorry, im a little temperamental. 
Thanks for your interest in php.

close!!

Dude, this is an automated message to say that it was a user problem, and not a bug in PHP. If it's not a bug the status should be bogus, which it is now again.

Derick