How to use session to work between php webservices and android

Question

I have an android application which uses php webservices. I have created the login.php which will validates the username, password sent from the android application. Once validated, a session is created such as follows:

session_start();
$_SESSION['userId'] = $id;
$_SESSION['username'] = $username;

On the client-side I have this:

HttpContext httpContext = new BasicHttpContext();
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost, httpContext);
HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();

When I debug, I see that the httpReponse contains a PHPSESSID. I do know that I will need this information for comparison between the session_id on the server-side before executing any queries.

However, I do not know how to retrieve this "Set-Cookie" and send it to the server-side for comparison? A piece of code or tutorial will be extremely helpful.

Thank you

Would you mind posting the response that that is returned? My best guess is that is just a JSON object. — Brent Hronik
– Brent Hronik, Commented Feb 24, 2013 at 23:14

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:26:46Z

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You can see this answer for a solution. HttpClient supports cookies by default and you will have to enable them so that php sessions work.

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:26

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answered Feb 25, 2013 at 9:55

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mokko211 Over a year ago

Thanks for the example.I managed to retrieve the String value of the PHPSESSID. Now, how do I do to compare this value to the opened session on the server? Is there some php code that I need to write?

tix3 Over a year ago

You can see a basic example of sessions in php manual php.net/manual/en/session.examples.basic.php. What are you trying to do exactly ? Can you share some of your code ?

mokko211 Over a year ago

I want to make sure if the open session_id on the server_side is the same as the client_side. So, for example - I have this "d9fq1lrd8t0bn9fkfmgdc1oj36" retrieved as a cookie from a HTTPResponse. Now, I will use this string and compare it with the session_id on the server to verify if the user is logged in. But I cannot seem to figure out how to do it.

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