Bug #77384 [NEW]: Unable to change Session Save Handler to "user"

From: info at dreamtimeshop dot com Operating system: Windows, Linux PHP version: 7.3.0 Package: Session related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Unable to change Session Save Handler to "user" Description: ------------ In the PHP 7.2 and 7.3, there is not possible to set "user" as Session Save Handler. 1) unable to set it in php.ini: The php.ini file includes line "session.save_handler = user". phpinfo() says: "Registered save handlers: files user" but below always shows "files" as current handler. 2) unable to change it in the scripts: None ot those two pssibilities work: session_module_name('user'); ini_set('session.save_handler', 'user'); Both of them throw a "Recoverable fatal error" which says "Cannot set 'user' save handler by ini_set() or session_module_name()"... Tested on CentOS and Windows 10 with PHP 7.2.13 and PHP 7.3.0. Older versions incl. PHP 7.1.15 are working as expected. Test script: --------------- <?php session_module_name('user'); ini_set('session.save_handler', 'user'); ?> Expected result: ---------------- (nothing) Actual result: -------------- Recoverable fatal error: session_module_name(): Cannot set 'user' save handler by ini_set() or session_module_name() in ... -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77384&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77384&r=mysqlcfg