PHP Session not setting

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I have a PHP page and session, i started session on top of every site, but this isn't working. I'm setting session (I'm setting class into session) with

}else if(isset($_POST['username']) and isset($_POST['password'])){
  $account = new Account;
  $password = hash('sha256', $_POST['password']);
  $account->setTheAccount($_POST['username'],$password);
  $acc_data = $account->getDatabaseAccounts('root','','schoolpage','localhost','accounts');
  $acc_status = $account->isAccountTrue();
  if ($acc_status==true){
    $_SESSION['account'] = $account;
    echo 'true';
    header('Location:panel.php');
  }else{
    echo 'false';
  }
}

and accessing it by:

if (isset($_SESSION['account'])){
      $account = $_SESSION['account'];
        if ($account->isAccountTrue() == true){
          echo 'XD';
        }
      }

but it doesnt work. I haven't idea why session not working.

Account class

class Account{
  private $acc_data,$username,$password;
  function setTheAccount($usernamei, $passwordi){
    $this->username = $usernamei;
    $this->password = $passwordi;
  }
  function getDatabaseAccounts($dbUser,$dbPassword,$dbName,$dbHost, $dbTable){
    $pdo = new PDO('mysql:host='.$dbHost.';dbname='.$dbName, $dbUser, $dbPassword);
    $this->acc_data = $pdo->query('SELECT * FROM `'.$dbTable.'`');
  }
  function isAccountTrue(){
    $acc_status=false;
    foreach ($this->acc_data as $i) {
      if ($i['username'] == $this->username and $i['password'] == $this->password){
        $acc_status = true;
      }
    }
    return $acc_status;
  }
  function isUserLogged(){

  }
}

Account class var dump

truearray(2) { ["login"]=> bool(true) ["account"]=> object(Account)#1 (3) { ["acc_data":"Account":private]=> object(PDOStatement)#3 (1) { ["queryString"]=> string(24) "SELECT * FROM `accounts`" } ["username":"Account":private]=> string(5) "admin" ["password":"Account":private]=> string(64) "4813494d137e1631bba301d5acab6e7bb7aa74ce1185d456565ef51d737677b2" } }

Is the base URL on each page the same? www.example.com and example.com don't share sessions. — Aaron Christiansen
– Aaron Christiansen, Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 11:58

Arleigh Hix · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-29 12:17:26Z

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To store an object in $_SESSION you have to serialize it, then deserialize it to call the method ->isAccountTrue(), otherwise just store the result:

$_SESSION['accountValid']=$account->isAccountTrue();
...
if($_SESSION['accountValid']===true){
// do stuff
}

answered Mar 29, 2016 at 12:17

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Federkun · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-29 12:21:05Z

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Put

error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', true);

on top of the page to enable the php errors, and you will see that you can't serialize a resource, PDO instances, PDOStatement, etc. into session.

You can't serialize Account's $acc_data, since it's an instance of PDOStatement. You cannot serialize or unserialize PDOStatement instances.

Change

$this->acc_data = $pdo->query('SELECT * FROM `'.$dbTable.'`');

to

$this->acc_data = $pdo->query('SELECT * FROM `'.$dbTable.'`')->fetchAll();

then delete your session and retry.

edited Mar 29, 2016 at 12:21

answered Mar 29, 2016 at 12:04

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