#25876 [Com]: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module

From: Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:32:05 +0000
Subject: #25876 [Com]: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module
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 ID:               25876
 Comment by:       gonzalo4 at gmail dot com
 Reported By:      golden at riscom dot com
 Status:           No Feedback
 Bug Type:         Session related
 Operating System: freebsd 4.8
 PHP Version:      4.3.9-4.3.10
 New Comment:

I have the same problem:

"Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module:
files (path: ) in...."

and i've put this line:

ini_set("session.save_handler", "files");

and nothing happens.

i'm using IIS 6.0 and PHP 5.2.11


Previous Comments:
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[2008-06-23 15:07:22] james at dunmore dot me dot uk

I use DB for sessions, and had the problem with session_destory
(followed by session_start) as well.

I had this code in a prepend-db file:

$GLOBALS["mysql_session_handler"] = new mysql_session_handler;
			session_set_save_handler(
			    array($GLOBALS["mysql_session_handler"],'mysql_session_open'),
			    array($GLOBALS["mysql_session_handler"],'mysql_session_close'),
			    array($GLOBALS["mysql_session_handler"],'mysql_session_read'),
			    array($GLOBALS["mysql_session_handler"],'mysql_session_write'),
			   
array($GLOBALS["mysql_session_handler"],'mysql_session_destroy'),
			    array($GLOBALS["mysql_session_handler"],'mysql_session_gc')
);

=====

So instead, I put that inside the class as a static function (the in
the prepend, called that static function,
mysql_session_handler::setHandler();) , then called it again after
session destroy. i.e.

session_destroy();
			
mysql_session_handler::setHandler();


Problem sovled  - well, it's not, session_destroy should not destroy
the save handler

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[2008-04-02 06:37:29] webmaster at mindrabbit dot com

This bug is easy to repeat in following way:

1) Set session_save_handler to user based like DB
2) Start page like normal, start session etc
3) CHANGE your session_id BEFORE you print anything to your screen
3.1) Destroy the old session_id
3.2) set new session id with session_id('your_id')
3.3) Try start_session() which will produce error message

Problem is that system can not init custom session_save_handler in some
odd reason. When changing session_handler to local files, anything goes
normal. But with custom save handler like memcache or DB backend, code
will fail.

When you refresh page, problem disappears.

I have tested this with Apache 2.2.8, PHP 5.2.5 and MySQL 5.1.23RC and
with newest memcache.


--JT--

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[2008-02-16 11:11:07] notrevevirtual at gmail dot com

System: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE
PHP Version 5.2.5
Apache Version 	Apache/2.0.63 (Unix)

This problem started after an server update (php+mysql+apache).
None of the solutions found here can fix it.

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[2007-09-13 01:00:01] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

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[2007-09-05 13:51:04] jani@php.net

Can your reproduce this with PHP 5.2.4 or greater? (in case we happen
to release 5.2.5 in the meantime :)

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