Local- localhost after last MS update

An advisory

[henry0]

Thought I should pass it on you all

I had in my test bed localhost
http://www.example.com/store_test/
And
http://www.example.com/site_test/

Before the last (2 days ago) MS update
I was able from the store_test to pass a session to the site_test
But not any longer after rebooting.

I searched and searched…

The only fix was to copy and paste the store_test in site_test dir

Don’t ask why I am clueless; just be prepared if your machine is acting similarly.

<edit>
fixed typo
</edit>

[edited by: dreamcatcher at 12:31 pm (utc) on Aug. 31, 2007]
[edit reason] Use example.com, thanks. [/edit]

[eelixduppy]

Thanks for the information, Henry. If you can, try it on another machine to see if it still causes problems. What version of windows,apache, and php are you running, also? Just like to know in case I run a few of my own experiments :)

[henry0]

PHP 5.1.6, Apache 2.0.59,

It's local.. I know; anyway I will update, probably this weekend

[coopster]

Was it browser-specific? Sounds to me like a browser issue, possibly a caching issue or an update to the way the browser may be handling cookies (per-session and/or persistent).

[henry0]

Well, not sure that it could be browser specific
I thought about it and also previously tried it in FF with the same non result

BTW speaking of browser I test also on a new one (New to me) I now run Safari for wins.

<edit>
Forgot about browser: IE7
</edit>

[henry0]

I am afraid that Apache is corrupted
I guess I am not due for an update for a reinstal
for somme reason using not even a function but directly mysql_real_escape_string does not escape anything in the DB and let them all untouched
it's now entered as "ssss" and aaaa's instead of /" etc.