On 12-31 09:23, Jaime Bozza wrote: > Sean, > From your php error_log, it's saying the following: > Failed to write session data (user) > > which sounds like it's having problems writing to the user-defined > session handler. Are you using a user-defined session handler? If not, > make sure your php.ini file has: > > session.save_handler = files > > And *NOT*: > session.save_handler = user > > That will make a big difference.
Good eye. That was it. I *did* have it as "user" because I was trying to do my own user-defined session handler, and then stepped back and was just trying to get the simpler case to work, w/o changing it back. Thanks, it works now! Now, I just need to see if I can get my session_handler working... It's too bad the error message isn't more descriptive for this, BTW... > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean LeBlanc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 1:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Session troubles > > > On 12-29 12:56, David Jackson wrote: > > Sean -- > > Don't know if this help but here's what I just worked for me. What > > ver. of PHP are you using? It seem to me that 3.x.x needs > > PHPLIB: http://sourceforge.net/projects/phplib > > to handle sessions? -- David Jackson > > > > --- sean.php ------- > > <?php include("seaninc.php"); ?> > > > > --- seaninc.php ------ > > <?php > > session_start(); > > session_register("i"); > > $i++; > > echo $i; > > ?> > > I'm using 4.0.6. I believe session handling was added as part of > standard 4.x, right (if configured to compile it)? > > Some more info: I tried with Konqueror, as I know a cookie needs to be > sent during the session_start() phase - I did get a dialog pop-up asking > if I wanted to accept the cookie, but I still got the error: > > Fatal error: Failed to initialize session module in > /usr/local/apache/htdocs/sesstest.php on line 2 > > It says line 2 because I deleted some white space and commented out code > thas was before session_start(). > > I set logging errors on, and sent it to syslog. Here's what it says: Dec > 29 12:12:57 free httpd: PHP Fatal error: Failed to initialize session > module in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/sesstest.php on line 2 Dec 29 > 12:12:57 free httpd: PHP Warning: Failed to write session data (user). > Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct > (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0 > > But /tmp exists, and is world writeable: > > free# ls -ld /tmp > drwxrwxrwt 16 root wheel 1024 Dec 29 12:14 /tmp > > > > On 12-29 09:59, Miles Thompson wrote: > > >> Sean, > > >> > > >> What's going on in incl.php. Are you issuing a session_start()? > > > > > > No, I was not. > > > > > >> What if it's rearranged like so, as I understand you have to > > >> register the session variable before using it. > > >> > > >> include("incl.php"); > > >> session_start(); > > >> session_register("mine"); > > >> $mine++; > > >> echo $mine; > > > > > > No dice, either. Actually, I had tried several permutations of the > > > order before posting. :) > > > > > >> > > >> There's the divide and conquer approach too. What do you see if > > >> you comment out the include, then issue a phpinfo() and a die()? > > > > > > Okay, I tried commenting out include, resulting in this code: > > > > > > session_start(); > > > session_register("i"); > > > $i++; > > > echo $i; > > > > > > When I run the above, I get this: > > > Fatal error: Failed to initialize session module in > > > /usr/local/apache/htdocs/sesstest.php on line 6 > > > > > > Which is getting somewhere, in a way. Line 6 is session_start(); > > > > > > What part from phpinfo() output were you interested in? Or did you > > > want to see all of it? > > > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > > >> > > >> HTH and Merry Christmas / Happy New Year - Miles Thompson > > >> > > >> On Friday 28 December 2001 11:26 pm, Sean LeBlanc wrote: > > >> > I asked this on php-install list, but got no response so here > > >> > goes... > > >> > > > >> > I simply cannot get session to work correctly. Here's the test > > >> > script: > > >> > > > >> > include("incl.php"); > > >> > session_start(); > > >> > $mine++; > > >> > session_register("mine"); > > >> > echo $mine; > > >> > > > >> > incl.php includes code to save/retrieve session information > > >> > to/from DB. It calles session_set_save_handler at the end. > > >> > > > >> > What happens is I get an error because it is trying to read the > > >> > variable out and I get a DB error, but my session writing routine > > > >> > is never called...I know, because I have a print in there. And of > > > >> > course, the var doesn't increment upon refreshes - it remains 1. > > >> > > > >> > I've seen this before, and it was fixed, but I forget how it was > > >> > done, as I didn't actually implement the solution (I hear and I > > >> > forget, I do and I remember, I guess). About my system: > > >> > > > >> > FreeBSD 4.4 > > >> > Apache 1.3.20 > > >> > PHP 4.0.6 > > >> > > > >> > Any and all help appreciated. > > > > > > -- > > > Sean LeBlanc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo:seanleblancathome > > > ICQ:138565743 MSN:seanleblancathome AIM:sleblancathome > > > One learns to itch where one can scratch. > > > -Ernest Bramah > > > Management QOTD:Get hopping on the domain expertise!! > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Sean LeBlanc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo:seanleblancathome > ICQ:138565743 MSN:seanleblancathome AIM:sleblancathome > In most countries selling harmful things like drugs is punishable. 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