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Session variable destroys on every page reload – Apache

After i reload the page, $_SESSION becomes empty !
Worked fine until there was some server maintenance.

For the sake of the testing, i only have a index.php file with the lines

session_start();
var_dump($_SESSION);
$_SESSION['test'] = 'works';
echo $_SESSION['test']; //displays the 'works' fine

But as soon as i reload the page, ‘test’ becomes undefined, $_SESSION variable is empty.

echo session_id(); // changes every time

Does anyone knows where to look for the problem ?
Is this an apache misconfiguration about write privileges or some problem with cookies ?
Im gladly hear anykind of idea

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    Check if there is permission to write in session file.
    View error log for error if any exist.

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    By default, PHP sessions cookies are set for the current session. When you refresh, you get a new sessionID because it is a new cookie.

    Try extending the lifetime of the session cookie by using the code below and rename “mydomain” 🙂 (this is assuming you are using session cookies: see PHP documentation on this. If you are using something else to manage your sessions, check there)

        session_set_cookie_params((60*60*24*31), '/', '.mydomain.com'); //setting for 31 days 
    session_start();
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