Bug #19022 [Com]: PHP Warning: Failed to write session data (files)

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=19022&edit=1 ID: 19022 Comment by: dutchprogrammer at gmail dot com Reported by: phpbugs at mx4k dot com Summary: PHP Warning: Failed to write session data (files) Status: No Feedback Type: Bug Package: Session related Operating System: linux (rh7.3), apache 1.3.26 PHP Version: 4.2.2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I had the same error everything was correct like the setting the folder permissions. It looks like an bug in php in my case because when i delete my PHPSESSID cookie it was working again so aperently something was messed up and the session got removed but the cookie was still active so php had to define the cause differently and checking first if the session file is still they and give another error and not the permission error Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-01-04 22:33:39] jamontoya at unitec dot edu I just changed the privileges to directory where session files were expected to be saved, that solved this issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-04 05:14:37] glspeed at juno dot com I do not know if mine is the same "bug" I went to my site: http://www.videotime.info and I got the following code: Warning: Unknown: open(/tmp/www.videotime.info/sess_2d42195412bd7242893f1ce67b531875, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0 Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp/www.videotime.info) in Unknown on line 0 I was looking for a solution for this and found your website. Should I reinstall? Will that remedy it temporarily? Gino ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-03-31 20:15:45] prikid at gmail dot com We are currently getting the same error on 2 different enviroments. This does not happen all the time, but often enough to be an annoyance during testing. Environment as follows: 1. FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE [root@crossbow /]# cat /usr/local/etc/php.ini | grep "session" session.save_handler = files session.save_path = "/var/tmp" session.use_cookies = 1 [root@crossbow /]# php -v PHP 5.2.9 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.7 (cli) (built: Mar 31 2009 12:24:17) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies [root@crossbow /var/www/branches]# apachectl -v Server version: Apache/2.0.63 Server built: Apr 16 2008 16:52:47 --- 2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 [root@131080-stagingdb /]# cat /etc/php.ini |grep "session" session.save_handler = files session.save_path = "/var/lib/php/session" session.use_cookies = 1 [root@131080-stagingdb /]# php -v PHP 5.2.9 (cli) (built: Feb 27 2009 14:38:59) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies [root@131080-stagingdb logs]# apachectl -v Server version: Apache/2.0.52 Server built: Jun 29 2007 05:07:13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-02-28 17:50:49] rasmus@php.net session.save_path = "0;\tmp" ?? What is 0;\tmp supposed to mean? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-02-28 12:04:47] m1ckx at hotmail dot com I too am getting similar messages - essentially where the session file is failing to create. Unfortunately I am getting it all the time, which is a problem as I am trying to teach myself PHP at home. What is different for me is that I am running a Windows 2K server, using IIS, and PHP 5.2.2. The initial error I get at the first session_start() call is: The description for Event ID ( 2 ) in Source ( PHP-5.2.2 ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information is part of the event: php[352], PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: open(\tmp\sess_8t6afg6omu4au9ofqnru80l6r5, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in F:\MixWeb\mdroot\php_sandpit\ch10\login.php on line 60. The extract of my php.ini is: [Session] session.save_handler = files session.save_path = "0;\tmp" session.use_cookies = 1 session.name = PHPSESSID session.auto_start = 0 session.cookie_lifetime = 0 session.cookie_path = / Having been trying to search down answers for this but so far no luck. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=19022 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=19022&edit=1