session_start(): Session data file is not created by your uid

Question

I want to store the created sessions in a directory above the root, except when I use any of the following:

    session_save_path($_SERVER[\'DOCUMENT_ROOT\']         


        

Answer 1

this works for me:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/php/sessions 

Answer 2

I use this to also make Named Pipes in php.

<?php
$user = get_current_user();   // get current process user

// We need to modify the permissions so users can write to it

exec( "chown -R {$user}:{$user} $fifoPath" );    

Answer 3

Another solution: rename your session folder var/session to var/session_old

create a new folder var/session

and delete the old one.