Apache2 module_usertrack (Usertrack Module) + PHP4 $_COOKIE empty

Greetings,

I have problems using the Apache2 module_usertrack in combination with
PHP. PHP only sees the "Apache" cookie (default name) in
$_COOKIE[Apache] after the page has been refreshed once (on the first
request, $_COOKIE is empty. 2nd request all OK).

Now, I understand that the user hasn't yet sent any cookie headers, so
from a technical perspective they shouldn't be in $_COOKIE. My
understanding, however, of the usertrack module is that it fibs this a
little bit and sets the cookie (retro-actively) as though it had been
sent on the first request (for point-to-point tacking). Further more,
you can record the cookie on the FIRST request to the server in the
Apache2 logs.

At first, I was hopeful it had to do with the order that the modules
are loaded. I placed the usertrack module explicitly above the php4
modules. Unfortunately, no luck.

Does any body have any ideas as to how to get PHP+usertrack to
cooperate? Or is it an Apache impossibility?

BTW, not interested in alternate solutions (e.g. start_session, or
generating my own uids and calling SetCookie). This question is
specifically on how to solve this problem.


Best Regards,


Erik Osterman

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