Posted by Erwin Moller on 04/05/07 13:52

Schraalhans Keukenmeester wrote:

> I never saw it before, but today I got several:
>
> Fatal error: session_start() [function.session-start]: Failed to
> initialize storage module: user (path: /tmp) in
> /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/mydomain/httpdocs/test/script.php
>
> In the few docs I found related to this msg problems with a custom
> session handler are mentioned as the source of the problem, but I don't
> even have a custom session handler. I use the default one, the default
> path for session files etc etc.
>
> The server is not my own, but my host's. The script hasn't changed for
> weeks, and it worked before. All it does is test if a certain session
> var exists. If not it opens a new session and sets the variable.
>
> Apache2 server, PHP 5.0.4), the settings for sessions as copied from
> phpinfo():
> Session Support enabled
> Registered save handlers files user sqlite
> Registered serializer handlers php php_binary wddx
>
> Directive Local Value Master Value
> session.auto_start Off Off
> session.bug_compat_42 Off Off
> session.bug_compat_warn On On
> session.cache_expire 180 180
> session.cache_limiter nocache nocache
> session.cookie_domain no value no value
> session.cookie_lifetime 0 0
> session.cookie_path / /
> session.cookie_secure Off Off
> session.entropy_file no value no value
> session.entropy_length 0 0
> session.gc_divisor 1000 1000
> session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 1440
> session.gc_probability 1 1
> session.hash_bits_per_character 5 5
> session.hash_function 0 0
> session.name PHPSESSID PHPSESSID
> session.referer_check no value no value
> session.save_handler files files
> session.save_path /tmp /tmp
> session.serialize_handler php php
> session.use_cookies On On
> session.use_only_cookies Off Off
> session.use_trans_sid 0 0
>
> Any clues? Thanks in advance!
> Sh.

Hi,

I don't get it. What is your seve hadler? file AND user?
I never saw that before.

I wrote userdefined session sava handlers too, but I changed the:
session.save_handler = files
to
session.save_handler = user

Seems like you use both.
Which one should PHP use?
Could that be the source of the problem?


Regards,
Erwin Moller

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