CI4 - session not persisting

I just uploaded a test site on an ubuntu server and it seems that session data is not being persistent.

e.g. mydomain/home/test/?ds=set&key=name&val=xyz would print the $ss with the value of key and val. However, I back to mydomain /home/test without ds=set querystring - it should print the session value set in the previous request but its empty.

Code:

   $ds = $this->request->getGet('ds');
   $key = $this->request->getGet('key');
   $val = $this->request->getGet('val');
   if($ds == 'set') {
       $data[$key] = $val;
       session()->set($data);
       }
       $ss = session()->get();
   print_r($ss);

I cleared all files from writable/session folder and if I refresh site page it creates a session file in there. I also noticed that every page refresh creates a new session file in this folder. I am not sure what's going wrong here. Is this a permissions issue?
The session file (in writable/session folder) has permission 600 i.e. group has read/write.

Is that causing an issue? I am not sure. How do I fix it?

You need $ss = session()->get($key);

Simpler is always better

You need $ss = session()->get($key);

Yes if I want a single vallue then I can provide a key but session()->get() returns all the session data.

Any one any ideas? what could be going wrong with session?

session started ?

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session started ?

Yes I have already put this in the constructor

Code:

$session  = \Config\Services::session();

On my local windows machine, everything works well (even without the above line in the constructor).

I have now tried Database option too but still no luck. Locally, on Windows machine, both files and database work without any issues.

I am pretty sure it's something to do with cookies settings but most of the config is what you have there by default. I haven't made any made any modifications. Also, I have got the latest code of CI4.

What's goig wrong with cookies?

do you use the same web server config on host/remote ? you should get the "almost" same result on any host -> so pls compare your configs and look for some uncommon errors/messages in your web server log.

sry cant help you much as long as we cant reproduce the problem.

do you use the same web server config on host/remote ? you should get the "almost" same result on any host -> so pls compare your configs and look for some uncommon errors/messages in your web server log.

sry cant help you much as long as we cant reproduce the problem.

Yes I understand. Everything was same except on the Ubuntu server I had php fpm. I changed that to mod_php and it seemed to have fix the issue for me. It was a very odd issue really.

I start the sessions in a Base controller that all the other controllers extend.

In the constructor I have the sessions like so.

PHP Code:

    /**
     * __construct ()
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     *
     * Class    Constructor
     *
     * NOTE: Not needed if not setting values or extending a Class.
     *
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        // Ensure session is started and running
        if (session_status() == PHP_SESSION_NONE)
        {
            // session has not started so start it
            session()->start();
        }
    } 


I can then use the $__SESSION global any place in the app even views.

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