Setting PHP session variables using Flash Actionscript

Question

I have a simple PHP upload script that is called from my Flash App. I am sure it makes the call because it actually uploads the file!

session_start();

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Answer 1

Every time a web server provides you with a response ( a page, a graphic, etc. ) it has the opportunity to send your browser a cookie.

1) Each cookie is only sent back to the same web site as it came from in the first place 2) The "contents" of the cookie( the data it contains) can only be made up of whatever information the web server already knew anyway.

So your browser automatically send cookies in "Cookie" variable in HTTP header. You can read it with folowing command in PHP:

$headers = apache_request_headers();
echo $headers['Cookie'];

Server ( if session support enabled in PHP configuration ) automatically creates PHPSESSID ( you can modify variable name in configuration ) in a cookie and you can access it directly with above script ( you need to parse $headers in order to get PHPSESSID variable or any other cookie). I think there is no need to use flashvars, your browser automatically add Cookie variable in HTTP header.

Hope this helps !