How to fix session being auto generated when page is reloaded/refresh using Codeigniter and Database as session driver? - codeigniter

Question

I have my little project running perfectly on my local computer. However, when I run it into my laptop, an entry is automatically loaded in my ci_sessions table each time the page is being reloaded or refresh. I am using the database as my session driver.
Based on the screenshot: row 4 says that my login session store successfully. However, the 2 extra rows (5, 6) that are being added cause this code to fail:
public function isLoggedIn()
{
if($this->session->userdata('logged_in') === true) {
redirect('home', 'refresh');
}
}
public function isNotLoggedIn()
{
if($this->session->userdata('logged_in') !== true) {
redirect('login', 'refresh');
}
}
here's my config.php
$config['sess_driver'] = 'database';
$config['sess_cookie_name'] = 'ci_session';
$config['sess_expiration'] = 7200;
$config['sess_save_path'] = 'ci_sessions';
$config['sess_match_ip'] = FALSE;
$config['sess_time_to_update'] = 300;
$config['sess_regenerate_destroy'] = FALSE;
$config['cookie_prefix'] = '';
$config['cookie_domain'] = '';
$config['cookie_path'] = '/';
$config['cookie_secure'] = FALSE;
$config['cookie_httponly'] = FALSE;
Here's my Page Controller
<?php
class Pages extends MY_Controller
{
public function view($page = 'login')
{
if (!file_exists(APPPATH.'views/'.$page.'.php'))
{
// Whoops, we don't have a page for that!
show_404();
}
$data['title'] = ucfirst($page); // Capitalize the first letter
if($page == 'login') {
$this->isLoggedIn();
$this->load->view($page, $data);
}
else{
$this->isNotLoggedIn();
$this->load->view($page, $data);
}
}
}
MY_Controller Class
<?php
class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->library('session');
}
public function isLoggedIn()
{
if($this->session->userdata('logged_in') === true) {
redirect('home', 'refresh');
}
}
public function isNotLoggedIn()
{
if($this->session->userdata('logged_in') !== true) {
redirect('login', 'refresh');
}
}
}
So far I have already tried adding the code below to my autoload.php but no luck.
$autoload['libraries'] = array('database', 'session');
Note: again this works in another unit with a similar setup.

Answer 1

after trying some work around, Codeigniter 3 is not yet compatible with php 7. I have to downgrade my php version to 5.6 to make it work. thanks folks for helping.

Answer 2

I suffered a lot of troubles with the original CI session library (included what you mention). Finally I arrived to this replacement that use native PHP session. It works!
Believe me, in the middle of a project, I did not stop to wonder why. Just works.
Here it is: CodeIgniter Native Session
BUT, due that it is an old library you MUST made some hacks. You can check those simple hacks in the library's forum
Just drop this file in codeigniter's library directory.