[support] Session management

[Fernando Silva]

Yes, I can pass it. But the problem is: will Drupal use that param
when I use it to callback a Drupal page?

Page1 -> flash (with session_id param) -> Page2?session_id

Anyway, it seems I'm going straight to Flash 9

On 9/4/07, sander-martijn <sander at sander-martijn.com> wrote:
>
>  Well if there's a bug in flash 8 for a crucial element in your app and it's
> fixed in flash 9 then it sounds to me like you've locked yourself into flash
> 9.  I'm not sure why that's such a problem considering that according to
> adobe 90% of users support flash 9 (data as of june).  Aside from that could
> you pass the session id as a flash param?
>
>
>  Fernando Silva wrote:
>  Hi Philippe,
>
> On 9/4/07, Philippe Jadin <philippe.jadin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  There must be something wrong in your app. Flash is supposed to use
> the browser to send http requests and thus Drupal should receive the
> session from the flash http request like it would for a normal http
> request from the browser.
>
>  Not if the flash application is using "FileReference" class to upload
> files.
> (damn... I opened the game and told you that I have a flash file
> uploader that uploads multiple files from a directory and have a
> progress bar for file uploading)
>
> It's a bug in Flash 8 FileReference class that does not use the
> browser to send those requests, neither the cookies or even the
> browser identifier. Also, in Flash 8 we cannot pass extra data in the
> HTTP request or receive data from that request. I could use Flash 9
> anyways... I just was trying to avoid that.
>
>
>
>  Anyway, you can use the standard url get
> syntax, like :
>
> yoursite.com/node/5?session_id=yoursession_id
>
> the part after ? will not harm Drupal (Drupal pager use the same syntax)
>
> I hope that helps, but I fear that it won't, because sending the
> session like this will have no influence on the Drupal side. You
> should take a look at Drupal session handling, and see if it uses the
> same system as the built in php session handling (which appends a url
> query string when cookies are not available)
>
>  It seems to me that Drupal forces the use of session management through
> cookies.
>
>
>
>  Philippe
>
> On 9/4/07, Fernando Silva <fsilva.pt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Hi all,
>
> I have a little module that inserts a flash application inside a
> drupal page. The problem is that when the flash interacts with the
> site, it does not obey to the session cookie and does not start the
> correct session.
>
> Because I really cannot make the flash use, or send the correct
> cookie, the only option is by sending in the URL the session id.
>
> Now the big problem is: how can I send in the URL the session id just
> for that path in a way Drupal understands and processes it?
>
> Best regards,
>  Fernando Silva
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