From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 Description of problem: When I add a $_SESSION variable to another php $_SESSION by reference the data is lost on page refresh. The references between $_SESSION entries are never reestablished. This is documented at bugs.php.net as fixed in 4.3.3 bug #22245 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=22245 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): php-4.3.2 / kernel-2.4.9-e.62 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Steps for reproducing bug is posted at bugs.php.net as fixed in 4.3.3 bug #22245 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=22245 Actual Results: The references between $_SESSION entries are never reestablished. Expected Results: The references between $_SESSION entries SHOULD be reestablished. Additional info: With object orientated programing this is a common use for php programmers. I have not run into the problem before since I have been working on newer versions. I am now working for North Dakota State University using Redhat Enterprise Linux version 3 which runs php-4.3.2 and I realy would appreciate this update.
This bug is filed against RHEL 3, which is in maintenance phase. During the maintenance phase, only security errata and select mission critical bug fixes will be released for enterprise products. Since this bug does not meet that criteria, it is now being closed. For more information of the RHEL errata support policy, please visit: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ If you feel this bug is indeed mission critical, please contact your support representative. You may be asked to provide detailed information on how this bug is affecting you.