RE: [PHP] problem with sessions - IE working after session.use_trans_sid enabled.

On 17 August 2003 12:38, anders thoresson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've had some problems with Internet Explorer not working on the
> site I'm building at the moment. At my local system it worked, but
> not on my ISP. After comparing the session settings, only
> use_trans_sid differed: enabled at my local system, disabled at
> remote.
>
> Before I changed anything IE worked only when accessing the site at
> my local host, while Opera managed to access it both local and from
> my ISP. After enabling session.use_trans_sid in my .htaccess on my
> ISP, Internet Explorer can be used even there.
>
> Ok. I've solved my problem, but don't really understand how
> session.use_trans_sid made the difference?

Just a wild guess -- but has your IE got cookies blocked, whilst Opera is accepting them?

Cheers!

Mike

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