php session is not stored in chrome

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I have not worked with php for some time and came back to one of my projects just to find out that the session variable is not stored. It came like a surprise, because the last time I checked, it worked and I have not used php (therefore has not changed the code or config).

The situation is as follows: session is not stored across the pages (I can save it and it shows the same on the page, but when I refresh - nothing changes).

I looked here PHP Session data not being saved and replicated the example:

<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['views']))
    $_SESSION['views'] = $_SESSION['views']+ 1;
else
    $_SESSION['views'] = 1;

echo "views = ". $_SESSION['views'];
echo '<p><a href="page1.php">Refresh</a></p>';

but nothing changes: I still has views = 1.

Nevertheless I have not changed my config, but I still looked at phpinfo(): enter image description here

I checked my permissions to write to the folder /tmp - they are ok, moreover after each refresh a new file appears there.

Then I checked the work in other browsers: and to my surprise it works in firefox: the number correctly increases there.

So the situation: in chrome it does not work, in firefox it works. I use chrome as default. I also remember playing with chrome options when it switches to blink, but as far as I remember I changed back everything.

Any idea how I can fix php sessions in chrome?

P.S:

cookies are enabled in chrome
sessions files are in /tmp I tried to delete them all and when later I refresh the page in chrome - the new file appears
in headers I am sending Cookie:PHPSESSID=mystring but no session id

EliteTech · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-17 20:01:46Z

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This is a known issue in Chromium. Issue 114877

Place a favicon in the root folder, and this should correct your issue.

edited Mar 17, 2015 at 20:01

answered Mar 17, 2015 at 17:22

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Mehmet S. Over a year ago

yes. unfortunately if you add favicon, you and your users have to visit website for favicon update. chrome history cannot resolve the new favicon from extension.

Nikola Petkanski · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-13 12:27:10Z

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I used to come upon some border cases while using php sessions with different browsers.

Can you confirm that the code example is working if using session_write_close() right before the echo statements?

Also you should consider holding your session into another storage rather than the default - in files at the tmp folder. Memcache, redis, database are all options which would scale great.

answered May 13, 2013 at 12:27

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Nanne Over a year ago

but the default should work, and to change to other storage just because this isn't working is a bit awkward...

Nikola Petkanski Over a year ago

I've mentioned a consideration based on my experience with using sessions. I think there is no experienced php developer who would prefer to save its sessions into the default tmp folder.

Nikola Petkanski Over a year ago

Note that this is just an advice - it won't fix the issue he complains about. The solution I gave is to try session_write_close().

nl-x · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-13 12:33:59Z

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Turn on cookies and exit incognito (private browsing) in Chrome.

edit: try setting session.cache_expire back to 180 (the default)

edited May 13, 2013 at 12:33

answered May 13, 2013 at 12:17

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nl-x Over a year ago

@SalvadorDali Uhm, looking at your phpinfo... Should your session_cache_expire be 0 ?! Try putting it back to 180 (the default). You can try doing it in code, without editing php.ini , by placing session_cache_expire(180); before session_start();. The manual specified no default behaviour for setting session.cache_expire to 0, so it might really mean 0 minutes.

nl-x Over a year ago

@SalvadorDali But just to doublecheck: FireFox and IE do work ? And in the developer tools you see the page being loaded and getting a 200 - OK ? (Not that it is being served from the cache.)

Amir · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-13 12:57:34Z

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Try to comment session.save_path = "/tmp" directive in php.ini using prefix ; .

So after restart apache, phpinfo() should be show no value for session_save_path

answered May 13, 2013 at 12:57

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Nikola Petkanski Over a year ago

How's that a fix for the question: Any idea how I can fix php sessions in chrome?

Amir Over a year ago

cokies send by the PHP server to the browser and it saves in session.save_path, but perhaps your browser chrome have not access to the path

PeerBr Over a year ago

The save_path relates to where the PHP stores the physical file for the session on the server. No browser will have access to that path.

Amir Over a year ago

@PeerBr, cookie (contain session_id) stores in client side and session data stores in server side at session.save_path. it is better to not change this path.

Mohan S P · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-30 04:25:00Z

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Please check session use cookie in php.ini. If it is zero activate it to 1 like session.use_cookies = 1

answered Dec 30, 2013 at 4:25

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Tech Plus · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-29 16:10:57Z

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The way I fixed it was, removing the www from the domain name here:

session_set_cookie_params([
  'lifetime' => (365 * 24 * 60 * 60),
  'path' => '/',
  'domain' => 'demo.com',
  'secure' => true,
  'httponly' => true,
  'samesite' => 'Strict',
]);

after that it works

answered Nov 29, 2023 at 16:10

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