Warning: session_start() failed: No such file or directory

Question

I\'m trying to install berta (v 0.6.3b) and I get this error:

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_a0d6b84

Answer 1

Sessions are saved on the harddisk of your server. Most likely your session save path does not exist. Try setting it to a directory that does exist or that you have read/write rights to.

Answer 2

Make sure that session directory is writable or you can set a path yourself with:

session_save_path

This comment is also useful if you are using above function.

Answer 3

I think the folder containing the session data cannot be accessed by the PHP process.

If you have not touched your php.ini, the default session.save_handler should be files (which means that session data will be stored in a folder on your file system). The value of session.save_path contains that folder, you should check that it exists and its permissions for your php process.

Answer 4

If you're changing the path that is being used for sessions.

You also might consider, fixing this problem by changing session.save_path variable in your php.ini file.

Then you'll be fixing in your configuration file and not only in your script.