Moved to a new server, now the SID won't go away.

[rs2k]

I just moved my store to a VPS host and now my SIDs won't go away. They used to go away after 2 or 3 clicks with the old host. What kind of things should I look for?

[Jack_mcs]

The cookie path setting in includes/confiugre.php can cause that.

 

Jack

[rs2k]

The cookie path setting in includes/confiugre.php can cause that.

 

Jack

 

 

I just checked my configure.php file. It looks correct to me. At least it looks like the other site I have with a private SSL. The site is not creating a cookie at all while browsing around the catalog. When I go into the admin area it creates a cookie with the correct SID but the SID still stays in the address bar.

[rs2k]

While looking through my apache logs I found these entries:

 

[Fri May 9 14:08:56 2008] [error] PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /home/kwdhas5/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php:162) in /home/kwdhas5/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 97

[Fri May 9 14:08:56 2008] [error] PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/kwdhas5/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php:162) in /home/kwdhas5/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 97

 

I got these errors after changing the define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql'); to define('STORE_SESSIONS', '');

[Jack_mcs]

I got these errors after changing the define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql'); to define('STORE_SESSIONS', '');

That's a mistake and needs to be undone. Please post your configure file here without the login details so someone can take a look at it.

 

Jack

[rs2k]

All private information has been replaced with *******

 

Catalog configure.php:

 

<?php

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');

define('ENABLE_SSL', true);

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

 

define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', 'pub/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/kwdhas5/public_html/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');

 

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '*******');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '*******');

define('DB_DATABASE', '*******');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');

?>

 

 

admin configure.php:

 

<?php

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');

define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');

define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');

define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', 'true');

define('DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/home/kwdhas5/public_html/');

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/');

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/kwdhas5/public_html/admin/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/kwdhas5/public_html/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'images/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_MODULES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/modules/');

define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');

 

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '*******');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '*******');

define('DB_DATABASE', '*******');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');

?>

[germ]

I'd try changing these:

 

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');

To:

 

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.vps*******.inmotionhosting.com');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.vps*******.inmotionhosting.com');

I can't guarantee that will help/work but the last time I helped someone with a cookie not getting created, we made a similar change in their config and it solved the problem.

[rs2k]

I'd try changing these:

 

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'vps*******.inmotionhosting.com/~kwdhas5');

To:

 

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.vps*******.inmotionhosting.com');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.vps*******.inmotionhosting.com');

I can't guarantee that will help/work but the last time I helped someone with a cookie not getting created, we made a similar change in their config and it solved the problem.

 

 

Bingo, that was it. The SIDs are working correctly now.

 

It is odd that that same configuration works correctly on my other shared hosting but not on this VPS.

[germ]

:sweating:

 

Great!

:thumbsup:

 

It is odd that that same configuration works correctly on my other shared hosting but not on this VPS.

Servers... Can't live with'em... Can't shoot'em...

:lol: