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+<?php
+/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
+/**
+ * session handling
+ *
+ * @version $Id: session.inc.php 11450 2008-08-01 19:15:01Z lem9 $
+ * @todo    add failover or warn if sessions are not configured properly
+ * @todo    add an option to use mm-module for session handler
+ * @see     http://www.php.net/session
+ * @uses    session_name()
+ * @uses    session_start()
+ * @uses    ini_set()
+ * @uses    version_compare()
+ * @uses    PHP_VERSION
+ */
+if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
+    exit;
+}
+
+// verify if PHP supports session, die if it does not
+
+if (!@function_exists('session_name')) {
+    PMA_fatalError('strCantLoad', 'session');
+} elseif (ini_get('session.auto_start') == true && session_name() != 'phpMyAdmin') {
+    // Do not delete the existing session, it might be used by other 
+    // applications; instead just close it.
+    session_write_close();
+}
+
+// disable starting of sessions before all settings are done
+// does not work, besides how it is written in php manual
+//ini_set('session.auto_start', 0);
+
+// session cookie settings
+session_set_cookie_params(0, PMA_Config::getCookiePath() . '; HttpOnly',
+    '', PMA_Config::isHttps());
+
+// cookies are safer (use @ini_set() in case this function is disabled)
+@ini_set('session.use_cookies', true);
+
+// but not all user allow cookies
+@ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', false);
+@ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', true);
+@ini_set('url_rewriter.tags',
+    'a=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry,fieldset=');
+//ini_set('arg_separator.output', '&amp;');
+
+// delete session/cookies when browser is closed
+@ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime', 0);
+
+// warn but dont work with bug
+@ini_set('session.bug_compat_42', false);
+@ini_set('session.bug_compat_warn', true);
+
+// use more secure session ids (with PHP 5)
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.0.0', 'ge')) {
+    @ini_set('session.hash_function', 1);
+}
+
+// some pages (e.g. stylesheet) may be cached on clients, but not in shared
+// proxy servers
+session_cache_limiter('private');
+
+// start the session
+// on some servers (for example, sourceforge.net), we get a permission error
+// on the session data directory, so I add some "@"
+
+// See bug #1538132. This would block normal behavior on a cluster
+//ini_set('session.save_handler', 'files');
+
+$session_name = 'phpMyAdmin';
+@session_name($session_name);
+// strictly, PHP 4 since 4.4.2 would not need a verification
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.1.2', 'lt')
+ && isset($_COOKIE[$session_name])
+ && eregi("\r|\n", $_COOKIE[$session_name])) {
+    die('attacked');
+}
+
+if (! isset($_COOKIE[$session_name])) {
+    // on first start of session we will check for errors
+    // f.e. session dir cannot be accessed - session file not created
+    ob_start();
+    $old_display_errors = ini_get('display_errors');
+    $old_error_reporting = error_reporting(E_ALL);
+    @ini_set('display_errors', 1);
+    $r = session_start();
+    @ini_set('display_errors', $old_display_errors);
+    error_reporting($old_error_reporting);
+    unset($old_display_errors, $old_error_reporting);
+    $session_error = ob_get_contents();
+    ob_end_clean();
+    if ($r !== true || ! empty($session_error)) {
+        setcookie($session_name, '', 1);
+        PMA_fatalError('strSessionStartupErrorGeneral');
+    }
+} else {
+    @session_start();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Token which is used for authenticating access queries.
+ * (we use "space PMA_token space" to prevent overwriting)
+ */
+if (!isset($_SESSION[' PMA_token '])) {
+    $_SESSION[' PMA_token '] = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
+}
+
+/**
+ * tries to secure session from hijacking and fixation
+ * should be called before login and after successfull login
+ * (only required if sensitive information stored in session)
+ *
+ * @uses    session_regenerate_id() to secure session from fixation
+ * @uses    session_id()            to set new session id
+ * @uses    strip_tags()            to prevent XSS attacks in SID
+ * @uses    function_exists()       for session_regenerate_id()
+ */
+function PMA_secureSession()
+{
+    // prevent session fixation and XSS
+    if (function_exists('session_regenerate_id')) {
+        session_regenerate_id(true);
+    } else {
+        session_id(strip_tags(session_id()));
+    }
+}
+?>