PHP session handling errors

Question

I have this at the very top of my send.php file:

ob_start();
@session_start();

//some display stuff

$_SESSION[\'id\'] = $id; //$id has a value         


        

Answer 1

When using the header function, php does not trigger a close on the current session. You must use session_write_close to close the session and remove the file lock from the session file.

ob_start();
@session_start();

//some display stuff

$_SESSION['id'] = $id; //$id has a value
session_write_close();
header('location: test.php');