Index: includes/common.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.537.2.24
diff -u -r1.537.2.24 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	26 Jul 2007 19:17:24 -0000	1.537.2.24
+++ includes/common.inc	27 Sep 2007 05:26:15 -0000
@@ -264,11 +264,13 @@
   // Before the redirect, allow modules to react to the end of the page request.
   module_invoke_all('exit', $url);
 
-  header('Location: '. $url);
+  // Here we register header() to be called after exit(). Because
+  // session_write_close() was registered before header() all session
+  // data will be written to the database before the header is sent to the
+  // browser.
+  register_shutdown_function('header', "Location: $url", TRUE, $http_response_code);
 
-  // The "Location" header sends a REDIRECT status code to the http
-  // daemon. In some cases this can go wrong, so we make sure none
-  // of the code below the drupal_goto() call gets executed when we redirect.
+  // Make sure none of the code below the drupal_goto() call gets executed. 
   exit();
 }