Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/25/88 11:46

Steve Brecher wrote:
> (As a *nix newbie) I think this is more of a system configuration problem
> than a php language problem, but I'm not sure where else to go for help.
> I'm trying to install phpMyAdmin on a linux shared hosting account. When I
> run it (load phpMyAdmin's index.php with a browser), I get the following
> three Warnings, and no other output:
>
> Warning: session_write_close():
> open(/tmp/php-ses/sess_0c21c95414d34dd67d6adf9ab3de88f6, O_RDWR) failed: No
> such file or directory (2)
>
> Warning: session_write_close(): Failed to write session data (files). Please
> verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct
> (/tmp/php-ses)
>
> Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output
> started at [the session_write_close() call above])
>
> session_write_close(); is the first statement that phpMyAdmin executes
> after a couple of require_once's for .lib files. The third warning is
> generated by...
> // start output
> header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=' . $GLOBALS['charset']);
>
> phpinfo() shows that session support is enabled, and session_save_path is
> /tmp/php-ses
>
> If I call the hosting provider's tech support, I get, "sorry, we don't help
> with scripting problems." Is there something specific that I can say needs
> changing in their configuration? ... or, any helpful ideas would be very
> appreciated.
>

So, does /tmp/php-ses exist, and does it have the correct permissions?


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