PHP - session_set_cookie_params and session_get_cookie_params

Question

im looking into sessions a bit more and would like some input.

on a simple login form once the form is submited i have the following

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session_name('TOKEN');
session_set_cookie_params( time() + 600, './', 'example.co.uk', false, false);
session_start();
$_SESSION['TOKEN'] = TOKEN;
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and then when a request to the server is made I have this.

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session_name('TOKEN');
$session_data = session_get_cookie_params();
print_r($session_data);
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which returns Array ( [lifetime] => 0 [path] => / [domain] => [secure] => [httponly] => )

as you can see something is not working or I am missing something or im going a little potty!

anyway, If anyone has any input on where im going wrong i would love to here it!

Answer 1

You may have figured it out already, but session_set_cookie_params() needs to be called before session_start() for every single page request. So sayth the manual entry for the function.