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Bug #35233 session_name gives bad result with session.auto_start=true
Submitted: 2005-11-16 04:50 UTC Modified: 2005-11-16 15:49 UTC
From: gandalf at flock dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Session related
PHP Version: 5.0.5 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-11-16 04:50 UTC] gandalf at flock dot com 
Description:
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As mentioned in bugs 1988 and 16389 when you set up session.auto_start=true, then you can't play with session_name.
It's ok.

But if so, then session_name() should return the REAL name, not the false one.

It's totally misleading to accept session name change (without an Exception).

Reproduce code:
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1) Set session.auto_start=true in php.ini
2) 
<?php

session_name('foo');
session_start();

print('Session name: '.session_name());
?>

Expected result:
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Session name: PHPSESSID

Actual result:
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Session name: foo


'session_name()' should give the real session cookie name.

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 [2005-11-16 10:24 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
Why is that a bug?
session_name() *does* change the session name, but it's too late, because session has already been started.
So the session_name() behaviour is correct.
 [2005-11-16 15:49 UTC] gandalf at flock dot com 
> So the session_name() behaviour is correct.

I understand your point of view, but try to understand mine. When a coder works on the session stuff, he can't know about all possible envoirnments where the code will be launched. When he finds session_name function and it's description, he simply uses it to (usually) check if session cookie exists.

So it usually will looks like it was in MediaWiki (http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3990) - in some place they choose session name, and later they simply check if session cookie exists (isset($_COOKIE[session_name()])) - this will work bad if session.auto_start is on.

Even more. I have no chance to get the real name.

So I'd propose either to document this in session_name docs, and add ability to check the REAL name (for example by providing get_session_name(true) to get the real one)?
 
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