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Re: cURL and $_SESSION [message #180170 is a reply to message #180169]

Sun, 20 January 2013 18:53

bill
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On 1/20/2013 12:30 PM, Richard Yates wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:22:25 -0500, bill <william(at)TechServSys(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/20/2013 12:17 PM, bill wrote:
>>> I am invoking a script via cURL, with POST variables. Seems to
>>> work fine, but...
>>>
>>> On the first invocation I set a session variable, when I return
>>> to the same script via cURL from the same computer (with a
>>> different command) the session array is empty.
>>>
>>> I verified that I am setting the session variable correctly.
>>>
>>> What is special about using Session when invoking a script via cURL
>>>
>>> -bill
>>
>> yes, I do session_start (); as the first executable line in the
>> script.
>>
>> -bill
>
> This looks like the solution:
>
> http://www.smooka.com/blog/2009/07/24/maintaining-php-session-when-using-cu rl/
>

That did not do the job, but gave me a hint.
I fixed the problem by adding:
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
so that curl would know where to save the SESSION Cookie and
where to find it for the next script.

-bill

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		cURL and $_SESSION By: bill on Sun, 20 January 2013 17:17
		Re: cURL and $_SESSION By: bill on Sun, 20 January 2013 17:22
		Re: cURL and $_SESSION By: Richard Yates on Sun, 20 January 2013 17:30
		Re: cURL and $_SESSION By: bill on Sun, 20 January 2013 18:53
		Re: cURL and $_SESSION By: bill on Sun, 20 January 2013 17:25

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