Sorry, I didn't understand before that you had to visit the main website
first - test.php & test2.php show the data correctly from cURL and a regular
browser visit, but test1.php works in neither cURL nor my browser. If you're
sure that test1 is fine, then I'm sort of stumped, short of tinkering with
CURLOPT_COOKIE(JAR/SESSION).
-Stephen

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 08:14, Edward E. Murphy <ted_at_speak-tome.com> wrote:

> Yes, that one as well. All of the files include session_start() by the
> line:
>
>
>
> require_once ‘init.php’;
>
>
>
> Here is the example again.
>
>
>
> First, go here to set the $_SESSION variable to something:
>
>
>
> http://live-answers.com
>
>
>
> Now, this page shows the headers and $_SESSION variable before curling:
>
>
>
> http://live-answers.com/test.php
>
>
>
> This page shows the headers and $_SESSION variable after curling:
>
>
>
> http://live-answers.com/test1.php
>
>
>
> The cookie “myCurlCookie.txt” is created at that point with the following
> content:
>
>
>
> # Netscape HTTP Cookie File
>
> # http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
>
> # This file was generated by libcurl! Edit at your own risk.
>
>
>
> www.live-answers.com FALSE / FALSE 0 PHPSESSID
> 3l12o08g1q158too3v3l3knvi1
>
>
>
> Ted
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Stephen Pynenburg [mailto:spynenburg_at_gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:58 AM
>
> *To:* ted_at_tedmurph.com; curl with PHP
> *Subject:* Re: How do I keep the $_SESSION info when I curl?
>
>
>
> Session_start() also has to be called from the second page you're
> requesting (test2.php).
> -Stephen
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 22:12, Edward E. Murphy <ted_at_speak-tome.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, session_start() is called within init.php.
>
>
>
> Ted
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Stephen Pynenburg [mailto:spynenburg_at_gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, May 04, 2009 8:50 PM
> *To:* ted_at_tedmurph.com; curl with PHP
> *Subject:* Re: How do I keep the $_SESSION info when I curl?
>
>
>
> Just to ensure the PHP side is correct, if you want PHP to resume a session
> from cookies in the request, you need to call session_start() at the
> beginning of that script.
> -Stephen
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 20:12, Edward E. Murphy <ted_at_speak-tome.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I have searched for this to no avail, please help.
>
>
>
> I want to use cURL to redirect from one file to another. The redirect
> works fine, but I am losing the $_SESSION information. How do I keep that
> info?
>
>
>
> Here is what I am using now (doesn’t work). The COOKIEJAR file at
> "/tmp/myCurlCookie.txt" is being created, but the $_SESSION info is still
> lost:
>
>
>
> <?php
>
> // fileurl is http://www.live-answers.com/test1php
>
>
>
> // this sets a bunch of $_SESSION cookie info
>
> require_once 'init.php';
>
>
>
> // use curl to redirect the url
>
> function useCurl($URL)
>
> {
>
> $ch = curl_init();
>
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"$URL");
>
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "/tmp/myCurlCookie.txt" );
>
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "/tmp/myCurlCookie.txt");
>
> curl_exec ($ch);
>
> curl_close ($ch);
>
> }
>
>
>
> // this calls the second test file, where the $_SESSION info is not
> available
>
> $URL="http://www.live-answers.com/test2.php";
>
> useCurl($URL);
>
> exit;
>
>
>
> ?>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Ted
>
>
>
>
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