#22484 [Opn->Fbk]: session_start The session id contains illegal characters

ID: 22484 Updated by: magnus@php.net Reported By: jstanley at cenicola-helvin dot com -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Session related Operating System: Redhat 7.3 PHP Version: 4.3.1 New Comment: Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-28 19:40:30] jstanley at cenicola-helvin dot com Redhat 7.3 w/ openssl 9.7a Apache 1.3.27 './configure' '--enable-pic' '--enable-shared' '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql' '--with-apache=../apache' '--with-exec-dir=/usr/bin' '--with-gettext' '--with-gd' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-jpeg-dir' '--with-png-dir' '--with-pdflib=/usr/local' '--with-zlib' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-yp' '--enable-ftp' '--with-sybase=/usr/local/freetds' '--with-db' '--with-gdbm' '--enable-wddx' '--without-oracle' '--without-oci8' '--with-xml' '--with-mhash=/usr/local' '--disable-short-tags' I receive this error sporadically while using a site which worked perfectly up until 4.3.1 If I reload the page the page executes properly. Warning : session_start() [ function.session-start ]: The session id contains illegal characters, valid characters are only a-z, A-Z and 0-9 in /home/server/bv-bin/include/initialize_session.bv on line 45 Warning : session_start() [ function.session-start ]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/server/bv-bin/include/initialize_session.bv:45) in /home/server/bv-bin/include/initialize_session.bv on line 45 Warning : Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/server/bv-bin/include/initialize_session.bv:45) in /home/server/bv-bin/include/initialize_session.bv on line 1148 Warning : Unknown(): The session id contains illegal characters, valid characters are only a-z, A-Z and 0-9 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) in Unknown on line 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22484&edit=1