Bug #76724 [Com]: Unable to start session when using PHP CGI

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76724&edit=1 ID: 76724 Comment by: spam2 at rhsoft dot net Reported by: geral at braldesign dot com Summary: Unable to start session when using PHP CGI Status: Verified Type: Bug Package: Session related Operating System: CLOUDLINUX 6.10 standard PHP Version: 7.2.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: a proper software runtime skips session_start() when not running within a webserver environment, these are a few lines of PHP code and be it only to prevent spit session files to disk for no gain Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-09 09:24:14] geral at braldesign dot com I'm using the php-cli only because it is the default used by cron jobs and i'm using session on it just because the script uses session to store data for the execution. If this behavior is intended I can only work around it. Thanks for the explanation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-09 09:19:05] requinix@php.net Well, without knowing what you're doing or why, I would suggest using the regular PHP binary instead of php-cgi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-09 09:17:49] geral at braldesign dot com Then, there is no way to use a session with a quiet script? thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-09 09:14:31] requinix@php.net -q deliberately makes the scripting engine think that headers have been sent, but it's been that way for so long that I can't say exactly why it does so. I can only assume there is/was a good reason. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-09 07:21:45] geral at braldesign dot com Description: ------------ When executing the script with PHP CGI 7.2 and the flag "-q" it will generate one warning. When not using thr flag it works as expected. Test script: --------------- <?php ini_set('display_errors', 1); ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1); error_reporting(E_ALL); session_start(); Expected result: ---------------- no warning nor errors. Actual result: -------------- <b>Warning</b>: session_start(): Cannot start session when headers already sent in ... on line <b>7</b> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76724&edit=1