PHP Global variable not being imported into session handler

Question

I'm using ADOdb. For some reason, the actual $db is not getting imported in the 'write' function.

The function is intended to import the $db's actual value. Instead, it's assigning an empty value to $db:

<?php
// load ADODB class
include(DIR_WS_CLASSES . "adodb5/adodb.inc.php");

$db = NewADOConnection(DB_TYPE);
$db->Connect(DB_SERVER, DB_SERVER_USERNAME, DB_SERVER_PASSWORD, DB_DATABASE);


class SessionManager {
    var $life_time;

    function SessionManager(){
        global $db;
        // Read the maxlifetime setting from PHP
        $this->life_time = get_cfg_var("session.gc_maxlifetime");

        // Register this object as the session handler
        session_set_save_handler(array(&$this, "open"), 
                                array(&$this, "close"), 
                                array(&$this, "read"), 
                                array(&$this, "write"), 
                                array(&$this, "destroy"), 
                                array(&$this, "gc"));
    }

    function open($save_path, $session_name){
        global $sess_save_path;
        global $db;

        $sess_save_path = $save_path;

        return true;
    }

    function close(){
        global $db;
        return true;
    }

    function read($id){
        global $db;
        // Set empty result
        $data = '';

        // Fetch session data from the selected database
        $time = time();
        $newid = $db->qstr($id, get_magic_quotes_gpc());

        $sql = "SELECT session_data 
                FROM sessions 
                WHERE session_id = $newid 
                AND expires > $time";

        $rs = $db->Execute($sql) or die($db->ErrorMsg());
        $a = $rs->RecordCount();

        if($a > 0){
            $data = $rs->fields['session_data'];
        }

        return $data;
    }

    function write($id, $data){
        global $db;
        // Build query                
        $time = time() + $this->life_time;
        $newid = $db->qstr($id, get_magic_quotes_gpc());
        $newdata = $db->qstr($data, get_magic_quotes_gpc());
        $sql = "REPLACE sessions
                (session_id, session_data, expires) 
                VALUES($newid, $newdata, $time)";

        $rs = $db->Execute($sql) or die($db->ErrorMsg());

        return TRUE;
    }

    function destroy($id){
        global $db;
        // Build query
        $newid = $db->qstr($id, get_magic_quotes_gpc());
        $sql = "DELETE FROM sessions 
                WHERE session_id = $newid";

        $db->Execute($sql) or die($db->ErrorMsg());

        return TRUE;
    }

    function gc(){
    // Garbage Collection
        global $db;
        // Build DELETE query.  Delete all records that passed expiration time
        $sql = "DELETE FROM sessions 
                WHERE expires < UNIX_TIMESTAMP()";

        $db->Execute($sql) or die($db->ErrorMsg());

        // Always return TRUE
        return true;
    }
}


// initialize session
$sess = new SessionManager();
session_start();
?>

Why is the actual $db not imported in the 'write' function?

How can I fix the problem?

Answer 1

EDITED FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T FOLLOW THE COMMENTS ;)

"As of PHP 5.0.5 the write and close handlers are called after object destruction and therefore cannot use objects or throw exceptions. The object destructors can however use sessions. It is possible to call session_write_close() from the destructor to solve this chicken and egg problem"

So the idea is to have a destructor like this:

function __destruct() {
    session_write_close();
}

So that objects can be used in the write & close handlers.

Then, for safety, to re-instantiate $db in write & close because the global $db destructor may very well be called before the SessionHandler one.