Scott wrote: > I am trying to get a mod_python application to read an existing PHP > session. I need some data that was set in the session by the PHP > application. I am using the mod_python Session class but even when I > specify the session id that PHP uses the Sesssion(req, sid) call > returns a new session id. The session file exists in /tmp as > mp_sess.dbm and I have verified that PHP is reading/writing it and from > what I have read mod_python will use the same file. I have used the > PythonOption session DbmSession in the Apache configuration to force > this and specified the filename as well but to no avail. > > Has anyone attermpted what I am trying to perform and if so a short > snippet of code or explanation of how to interface to PHP session via > mod_python would be great. I am not an experiecne PHP users but have > used mod_python extensively. > Scott
It shouldn't be a suprise that this doen't work. Mod_python stores its session data as a python pickle. PHP stores its session data as... well I have no idea, but I'm pretty sure it won't be a python pickle. ;) Mod_python creates a new session if it can't load valid session data from the dbm file, which will always be the case here as that file contains PHP formatted session data. You have 2 choices: Rewrite PHP session handling to write the data as a python pickle, or subclass mod_python BaseSession to read the PHP data format. Once that's done you'll need to figure out how to handle session locking between the 2 modules, which may not be trivial. I'd suggest joining the mod_python mailing list if you want to discuss this in detail. Jim -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
