kevinduke wrote:I had this with one of my own login scripts.
Worked ok until I installed XAMPP.
I am afraid I do not know what caused it as in the end I just copied my old php.ini file from my previous manual installation of php and it worked again. So there is something in the php.ini file causing it.
I have a stock standard latest XAMPP version installed and use it intensely for testing all kinds of forums, cms, blogs and just about any software script that I can find to test.
Most have login pages that work out-of-the-box on most every installation I have attempted.
All run on localhost and via the Internet with no cookie problems or php.ini tweaks at all as long as my browser cookie settings are correct.
I have most of the popular browsers, so I have a good cross section of test results to work with.
So in my IMHO the php.ini defaults are not an issue here especially since the original poster says it only happens to some forums but not all. Not sure if he is having only localhost login problems or if he is having similar issues on the Internet.
It would be a consistant issue if it was anything to do with a server configuration file but would be inconsistant if it was a script or browser issue.
Also it would have been more helpful if you had checked out both php.ini files you tried and noted the differences that might have caused your login script problems.
Then if you had posted your findings here they could have been investigated for a possible solution to the original posters login issue.