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AJAX request fails to process $_SESSION variable

I have some strange issue about the $_SESSION. I have a JavaScript file that processes an AJAX request. This request processes a PHP file (which works fine). But when I want to call in this very PHP file my $_SESSION variable, it isn’t recognized (I echo it, and I get the 500 error).

In the JS file, I have:

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "../classes/ajax/myfile.php",
    data: "comment="+encodeURIComponent(text),

    success: function(msg){
        /* PHP returns the automatically assigned ID of the new comment */
    }
}); 

and in myfile.php, ($_SESSION[‘user’] is serialized in ./classes/account.php), I test my variable like so:

if (isset($_SESSION['user'])) {
    echo('hello world !');
    exit;
}   

Here $_SESSION seems not to be set. But, when called in other php files of ./classes, it works just fine.

Does someone have an idea how to fix this?

Answer 1

You need to call session_start() before