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

ID: 25876 Comment by: helmut007 at gmx dot net Reported By: golden at riscom dot com Status: Assigned Bug Type: Session related Operating System: freebsd 4.8 PHP Version: 4.3.9-4.3.10 Assigned To: sas New Comment: To the Bugreport: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31313 Derrick Rethans has supposed this Problem: ID: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31624 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: ericvanblokland at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Session related Operating System: Fedora Core 2 PHP Version: 4.3.10 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: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-01-30 13:30:41] nilson at hotmail dot com dot da dot ru terrible bug keeps bugging me and loads of visitors over the whole serverrange take this bug (more) serious please!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-01-24 11:08:15] oliver at teqneers dot de Correction: The problem "Unknown(): A session is active. You cannot change the session module's ini settings at this time. in Unknown on line 0" has been solved by removing all "exit" statements from session handler as well as from the scripts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-01-24 10:58:15] oliver at teqneers dot de We are using PHP 4.3.9 on a Win2003 Server with an IIS 6.0. We also tried to use winenabler next to the cgi-version as well as an Apache2, but the error still comes up ("Unknown(): A session is active. You cannot change the session module's ini settings at this time. in Unknown on line 0"). Since some scripts are trying to use a customer DB based session save handler, other scripts experience problems with the standard files session handler ("Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module: user (path: ...)". It seems that once a php got its session.save_handler settings changed, it remembers them and does not switch back to standard settings as it should do. The second problem appears to be random. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-01-18 23:14:03] helmut007 at gmx dot net nobody of the programmers cares? ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-01-09 14:56:58] seefire_00 at yahoo dot com The session handler directive on our server was pre-configured to use 'files' rather than 'user'. The problem still persists... In addition, the /tmp folder is writeable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 http://bugs.php.net/25876 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25876&edit=1