This question pops up once in a while: “How do I share session data with a third-party application?”
Thankfully the answer is pretty simple, just make sure that the session (cookie) name is the same for both apps.
In CakePHP it’s set in the core.php… Configure::write(‘Session.cookie’, ‘CAKEPHP’);
nuts and bolts of cakephp 
thnx Teknoid!
And if you want to share it across multiple subdomains:
http://www.cake-toppings.com/2008/10/04/set-the-session-cookie-to-the-top-level-domain/
@primeminister
Nice. Well done on the site, as well.
hi, i want to know whether a cake app and a non cake subdomain app can work well if cake app is example.com and non cake part is services.example.com. Is it possible? What precuations are needed to take to make both work well?
The subdomain app will use same database as used by cake app on main domain.
@kiran
I’ve never actually tested this situation, so I cannot give you an accurate answer. Please take a look at the post above by primeminister. I think it covers what you are looking to do…
Also double check at the google group, I’m sure someone there might have a specific answer.
my folder structure
/htdocs/mainsite
/app
/cake
/vendors
.htaccess
index.php
README
/htdocs/childsite
/config
/controllers
/locale
/models
/plugins
/test
/tmp
/vendors
/views
/webroot
.htaccess
app_controller.php
app_helper.php
app_model.php
index.php
if I create a session with $this->Session->write(‘User’,$user); in main site and redirect it to child site, my session data is not being accessed. I am not getting User data with $this->Session->read(‘User’) in child site.
Can anybody help me ?
@Chirayu
pr($_SESSION); what do you see?
It seems like you are on shared host and sometimes they have all sorts of strange security features in-place that could possibly cause some problems there. Hard to guess.
Hi tekno, here is the session values.
Array ( [Config] => Array ( [userAgent] => bc2b15193fd333c5666514e9cb360c36 [time] => 1236369514 [rand] => 1001972704 [timeout] => 10 ) )
Well, I am not shared host but I have created subdomain on my local webserver with
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/caken
ServerName caken
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/chirayu
ServerName chirayu
@Chirayu
Did you read the comment posted by primeminister? Seems like it might address your issue, other than that I, unfortunately, don’t really have another suggestion. Maybe someone on IRC or the google group can provide an answer.
Hello
My folder structure
mysite/
app
cake
vendors
blog
Here blog is wordpress blog. I want to find session value from app to blog
any body help me please
It not work with Cake 1.3.2. How can I do? Could you help me please?