Sessions in IE6

[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?

 

[Jon Kennedy]

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