iRule to persist based on phpsessid

Thanks nitass@ and hoolio@

 

 

The code snippet I included is indeed incorrect - the phpsessid is set in the set-cookie response from the server and not HTTP::path. I had a look at the Universal Profile section (http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/300/sol7392.html) and read through all options around HTTP::cookie and found that this greatly simplified approach works perfectly! I had completely over-engineered the solution for what I was trying to achieve.

 

 

What I now have in place (and works perfectly) is:

 

 

 when HTTP_RESPONSE {
  if { [HTTP::cookie exists "PHPSESSID"] } {
    persist add uie [HTTP::cookie "PHPSESSID"]
  } 
} 
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::cookie exists "PHPSESSID"] } {
   persist uie [HTTP::cookie "PHPSESSID"] 
 }
} 

 

 

Whats key is that in

 

 

 persist add uie [HTTP::cookie "PHPSESSID"] 

the HTTP::cookie name snippet: this gets the value of an existing cookie with the given name so it extracts the 26 character phpsessid from the set-cookie headers. Nice! Then we just persist based on this. Thanks for the assistance folks. I'm looking forward to making positive contributions to the community as I learn more about the platform 🙂