userdata['session_id'] is null for some users
Development and Programming
Hi,
I’ve developed a module for EE 2.x which has been working great. We use the current user’s session id to track a shopping cart for them but are finding that for a minority of users their session_id is reported as empty. The code I’m using to get the session ID is
$this->EE->session->userdata['session_id']For certain users this is empty. All users are authenticated so are logged in prior to this code being fired.
Can you explain why this might be?
Thanks
James
Any help with this? Is it a bug in EE?
Can you do a var_dump on a users userdata when their session_id is empty to see what else is in there. A possible work around would be to use their member_id instead of the session_id.
The rest of the data appears to be complete but session_id is actually 0 rather than NULL. Unfortunately I can’t do a var_dump as I can’t reproduce it locally, only on our live site.
I’ve also logged this as a bug (https://support.ellislab.com/bugs/detail/14465/) and made the change suggested there but to no avail.