Failed to initialize session module

[oerdec]

Hi there,

I get sometimes the following error:

Fatal error: session_start() [function.session-start]: Failed to initialize session module in /www/htdocs/.../index.php on line 10

Does anybody know how to get rid of this? I searched the forums but didn´t find a clear answer.

thanks,

oerdec

[Florjan]

Is your session module active?
Try to see if phpinfo() shows you a section named session, if it does not, sessions are not active in your php installation.

[oerdec]

Hi,

sessions are enabled. Here´s the part of my phpinfo()

Session Support 	enabled
Registered save handlers 	files user mm

Directive	Local Value	Master Value
session.auto_start	Off	Off
session.bug_compat_42	On	On
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_dividend	100	100
session.gc_maxlifetime	1440	1440
session.gc_probability	1	1
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	On	On

In my script I´m using

session_set_cookie_params("31536000");
ini_set ('url_rewriter.tags', ''); 

to set the lifetime to 1 year and to get rid of the session ID in URLs.

The problem is not permanent. It occurs from time to time.

oerdec

[Florjan]

If you comment out those two lines does session_start() work?

[Florjan]

session_set_cookie_params() takes an int as the first parameter, so get rid of those double quotes

[oerdec]

hehe - ok, that seems to cause the error. thanks!

[oerdec]

ahhhrg. I got a new one:

Notice: session_start() [function.session-start]: ps_files_cleanup_dir: opendir(/tmp) failed: Permission denied (13) in /www/htdocs/.../index.php on line 10

edit: ok, it´s just a notice but I don´t want any notices.