Losing session data in code igniter - php

Question

I am facing problems with session data. After login to the website, I'm losing session data. I have tired creating sessions in database and also tried native php session class but nothing worked. I have also cleared tmp folder from server.
The website uses code igniter framework and it is hosted on godaddy VPS
Please help me. Thank You...
<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class CI_Session {
var $session_id_ttl; // session id time to live (TTL) in seconds
var $flash_key = 'flash'; // prefix for "flash" variables (eg. flash:new:message)
function CI_Session()
{
$this->object =& get_instance();
log_message('debug', "Native_session Class Initialized");
$this->_sess_run();
}
/**
* Regenerates session id
*/
function regenerate_id()
{
// copy old session data, including its id
$old_session_id = session_id();
$old_session_data = $_SESSION;
// regenerate session id and store it
session_regenerate_id();
$new_session_id = session_id();
// switch to the old session and destroy its storage
session_id($old_session_id);
session_destroy();
// switch back to the new session id and send the cookie
session_id($new_session_id);
session_start();
// restore the old session data into the new session
$_SESSION = $old_session_data;
// update the session creation time
$_SESSION['regenerated'] = time();
// session_write_close() patch based on this thread
// http://www.codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/1624/
// there is a question mark ?? as to side affects
// end the current session and store session data.
session_write_close();
}
/**
* Destroys the session and erases session storage
*/
function destroy()
{
//unset($_SESSION);
session_unset();
if ( isset( $_COOKIE[session_name()] ) )
{
setcookie(session_name(), '', time()-42000, '/');
}
session_destroy();
}
/**
* Reads given session attribute value
*/
function userdata($item)
{
if($item == 'session_id'){ //added for backward-compatibility
return session_id();
}else{
return ( ! isset($_SESSION[$item])) ? false : $_SESSION[$item];
}
}
/**
* Sets session attributes to the given values
*/
function set_userdata($newdata = array(), $newval = '')
{
if (is_string($newdata))
{
$newdata = array($newdata => $newval);
}
if (count($newdata) > 0)
{
foreach ($newdata as $key => $val)
{
$_SESSION[$key] = $val;
}
}
}
/**
* Erases given session attributes
*/
function unset_userdata($newdata = array())
{
if (is_string($newdata))
{
$newdata = array($newdata => '');
}
if (count($newdata) > 0)
{
foreach ($newdata as $key => $val)
{
unset($_SESSION[$key]);
}
}
}
/**
* Starts up the session system for current request
*/
function _sess_run()
{
$session_id_ttl = $this->object->config->item('sess_expiration');
if (is_numeric($session_id_ttl))
{
if ($session_id_ttl > 0)
{
$this->session_id_ttl = $this->object->config->item('sess_expiration');
}
else
{
$this->session_id_ttl = (60*60*24*365*2);
}
}
session_start();
// check if session id needs regeneration
if ( $this->_session_id_expired() )
{
// regenerate session id (session data stays the
// same, but old session storage is destroyed)
$this->regenerate_id();
}
// delete old flashdata (from last request)
//$this->_flashdata_sweep();
// mark all new flashdata as old (data will be deleted before next request)
//$this->_flashdata_mark();
}
/**
* Checks if session has expired
*/
function _session_id_expired()
{
if ( !isset( $_SESSION['regenerated'] ) )
{
$_SESSION['regenerated'] = time();
return false;
}
$expiry_time = time() - $this->session_id_ttl;
if ( $_SESSION['regenerated'] <= $expiry_time )
{
return true;
}
return false;
}
/**
* Sets "flash" data which will be available only in next request (then it will
* be deleted from session). You can use it to implement "Save succeeded" messages
* after redirect.
*/
function set_flashdata($key, $value)
{
$flash_key = $this->flash_key.':new:'.$key;
$this->set_userdata($flash_key, $value);
}
/**
* Keeps existing "flash" data available to next request.
*/
function keep_flashdata($key)
{
$old_flash_key = $this->flash_key.':old:'.$key;
$value = $this->userdata($old_flash_key);
$new_flash_key = $this->flash_key.':new:'.$key;
$this->set_userdata($new_flash_key, $value);
}
/**
* Returns "flash" data for the given key.
*/
function flashdata($key)
{
$flash_key = $this->flash_key.':old:'.$key;
return $this->userdata($flash_key);
}
/**
* PRIVATE: Internal method - marks "flash" session attributes as 'old'
*/
function _flashdata_mark()
{
foreach ($_SESSION as $name => $value)
{
$parts = explode(':new:', $name);
if (is_array($parts) && count($parts) == 2)
{
$new_name = $this->flash_key.':old:'.$parts[1];
$this->set_userdata($new_name, $value);
$this->unset_userdata($name);
}
}
}
/**
* PRIVATE: Internal method - removes "flash" session marked as 'old'
*/
function _flashdata_sweep()
{
foreach ($_SESSION as $name => $value)
{
$parts = explode(':old:', $name);
if (is_array($parts) && count($parts) == 2 && $parts[0] == $this->flash_key)
{
$this->unset_userdata($name);
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

Always prefer to create sessions based on the framework's format. Even I too had the same problem. At that time I was using codeigniter version 2.0, so I used the frameworks session definitions. But as far as I know $_SESSION global variable is supported in version 3
Adding Custom Session Data
$this->session->userdata('item');
$this->session->set_userdata($array);
Retrieving Session Data
$this->session->userdata('item');
Retrieving All Session Data
$this->session->all_userdata()
Removing Session Data
$this->session->unset_userdata('some_name');
Check this documentation, you could get a clear view
https://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/libraries/sessions.html

Answer 2

When there are any page redirections, keep "exit" after redirect code.
That is how I solved my problem (losing session data after page redirection). See the below example.
header("Location: example.php");
exit;