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MSN can break your sessions?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 11:35 am
by qads
i was sent a link to one of my own scripts where i use sessions for login/logout, i clicked on the link and it poped up a IE window, i loged in, that worked fine, after i got to members area, it would't let me open any other page, it would simply say "your session has timed out" which is set by me if your session breaks etc...the only reason i can think of is that if you open a window VIA MSN it does't allows the script to set session cookies
very weired!
MSN = MSN messager btw
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:09 pm
by qads
found antoher one, i had Windows Explorer open and i went to same script, it happend agian, but if i go to it with IE/opera/netscape it works fine

Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 8:38 pm
by Stoneguard
Well, as sessions are browser specific, I wonder if MSN jsut simply instantiates a different browser instance each time.
Use the following for an example. Run Internet Explorer, log in to your sight that uses sessions. Go to File->New->Window. It should work fine with the existing session. Leave the first window open.
Now, start a whole new Internet Explorer by clicking on the original icon you use to open the first one, try to cut and paste your URL from the first browser and it wont work.
It's a nice thing to have in many cases where I want to test two login ids against the same server without being in two different browsers or two different computers.
Btw, windows Explorer is techincally not a browser, but it will run IE if you happen to browse to a webpage.
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:19 pm
by qads
Stoneguard wrote:Btw, windows Explorer is techincally not a browser, but it will run IE if you happen to browse to a webpage.
i know

, the only reason i am posting is cos if someone has this problem they will know why its doing it...not much can be done to fix it though
