Passing Variables in a non-CGI LC Server?

[Mike Bonner]

Yep. We're suffering from different soup flavors (The permission problem
you're running into.. the need to set the sessionsavepath) vs my soup (it
won't actually load the session variables) but inedible is inedible, no
matter the cause. *sigh*

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> Well I’m glad to see I’m not alone here in not
> being able to get “start session” to work.
> Now we can enjoy being in the soup together!  LOL
>
> Rick
>
> > On Apr 7, 2017, at 1:50 PM, Mike Bonner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ok. The problem with "start session" is most likely trying to write the
> > session file to a place without write permissions.  Make sure you set the
> > sessionsavepath to a place you can write to.
> >
> > Having said that.. I can't make it work.  I can get past start session,
> all
> > the way to stop session, no trouble, but the session variables aren't
> > populated on start session.  (this is with on-rev most recent installed
> > version of lc server I assume)
> > No errors, just.. doesn't work.  The session file is created, I can grab
> > the sessionid etc, but the session array isn't actually loaded.
> >
> > I simplified as much as possible to try and figure out WHY it won't work
> > now. If anyone have ideas, i'd appreciate a pointer.
> >
> > Heres the code...
> >
> > <?lc
> > set the sessionSavePath to the defaultfolder -- saving session stuff to
> the
> > same dir as the .lc
> >
> > start session
> > -- start the session. If you don't do this BEFORE your if check,
> > $_SESSION["counter"] will always be empty
> > if $_SESSION["counter"] is empty then
> >   put 1 into $_SESSION["counter"] -- give initial value if necessary
> > end if
> >
> > put "Session counter=" & $_SESSION["counter"] & "<br>"
> >
> >  add 1 to $_SESSION["counter"]
> >  put "Incrementing Session counter:" & $_SESSION["counter"]
> > -- increments and displays the future counter
> >
> > stop session
> >
> > ?>
> >
> >
> > On each load, it should increment the current session. So the first hit
> it
> > should say 1, and 2 for the future. Then 2 and 3, 3 and 4 4 and 5...
> > As I said the sessionid file is created as expected (with 4 bytes in it)
> > but the counter value doesn't appear in the session variables upon start
> > using like it should.
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>> Am 07.04.2017 um 18:21 schrieb Rick Harrison via use-livecode <
> >> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Matthias,
> >>>
> >>> Yes, I want to output some information to the user, and other
> >>> information remains hidden - where some data is adjusted,
> >>> modified, on the third webpage.
> >>>
> >>> No, I’m not looking to redirect to another webpage, although
> >>> I have used that technique in the past on other types of
> >>> webservers.
> >>>
> >>
> >> So then you could post the parameters from 2nd script/webpage  to the
> 3rd
> >> webpage/script (post myData to URL destinationURL) and  then output the
> >> result or what ever the 3rd script/webpage returns.
> >>
> >> This way you do not need to pass the parameters to the url.
> >>
> >>> I’d rather not have the parameters put into the URL where
> >>> the user can see it if possible for security reasons, but
> >>> if that’s the only way I suppose I could encrypt it before
> >>> passing it through that way.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for your input!
> >>>
> >>> Rick
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Apr 7, 2017, at 2:03 AM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode <
> >> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> is the third website just for further processing w/o an output to the
> >> user or do you also want to output some information to the user?
> >>>>
> >>>> case 1
> >>>> You could use the http post or get method to pass the parametesr to
> the
> >> 3rd script/website from the 2nd script and return the result then to
> the
> >> 2nd script.
> >>>> Be aware that your 2nd scrip or better said every lc script, needs to
> >> do an output, even if it´s just a blank. Otherwise the server returns an
> >> error 500
> >>>>
> >>>> case 2
> >>>> If i remember right, put header allows you to redirect. So in your 2nd
> >> script/website after you´ve done whatever you could use put header to
> >> redirect using put header:
> >>>>
> >>>> something like this
> >>>> put "http://yoursite.com?param1&param2&parame <
> >> http://yoursite.com/?param1&param2&parame> <
> http://yoursite.com/?param1&
> >> param2&parame <http://yoursite.com/?param1&param2&parame>>" into tURL
> >>>> put  header "Status: 301”
> >>>> put header "Location:" && tURL
> >>>> put “redirecting…”   — i am not sure if this last line is still
> needed,
> >> but in older versions of lcServer it was.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Matthias
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
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