Sessions in IE6

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Vertigo

Hi there,

I am developing a small-scale website that uses session cookies.
Everything works fine in Firefox, and IE7, but in IE6 whenever I click
a link, it brings up a blank page with the original url still in the
address bar. Upon clicking refresh, the desired page is correctly
loaded.

I have narrowed it down to the session handling, as commenting
session_start(); makes the links work just fine. I have found the
correct session cookie under Firefox's cookie browser, but cant find
it anywhere in TIF under IE6.

What could be causing this strange behaviour?
 
Have you checked the cookie settings in IE at Tools...Internet
Options...Privacy tab?

Also see this:
http://blog.genotrance.com/2006/11/23/session-cookies-rejected-by-internet-explorer/

Make sure you are not exceeding any cookie limits:

Number and size limits of a cookie in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;306070

Another scenario where cookies may be rejected by IE's default "medium"
privacy setting (don't know if it'll apply to your case or not...)
http://james.jamesandkristin.net/2005/11/18/php-session-cookie-in-frames-using-internet-explorer/

Also see:

Privacy in Internet Explorer 6
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537343.aspx

P3P and the Default Settings of Internet Explorer 6
How Both Could Affect Your Site
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum21/2745.htm
 
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