session_write_close() failing

[Steve Brecher]

(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_c lose():
open(/tmp/php-ses/sess_0c21c95414 d34dd67d6adf9ab 3de88f6, O_RDWR) failed: No
such file or directory (2)

Warning: session_write_c lose(): Failed to write session data (files). Please
verify that the current setting of session.save_pa th is correct
(/tmp/php-ses)

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output
started at [the session_write_c lose() call above])

session_write_c lose(); 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_pa th 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.

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[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: session_write_c lose() failing

Steve Brecher wrote:[color=blue]
> (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_c lose():
> open(/tmp/php-ses/sess_0c21c95414 d34dd67d6adf9ab 3de88f6, O_RDWR) failed: No
> such file or directory (2)
>
> Warning: session_write_c lose(): Failed to write session data (files). Please
> verify that the current setting of session.save_pa th is correct
> (/tmp/php-ses)
>
> Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output
> started at [the session_write_c lose() call above])
>
> session_write_c lose(); 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_pa th 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.
>[/color]

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


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[Steve Brecher]

Re: session_write_c lose() failing

I wrote:[color=blue]
> (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_c lose():
> open(/tmp/php-ses/sess_0c21c95414 d34dd67d6adf9ab 3de88f6, O_RDWR)
> failed: No such file or directory (2)
> [etc.][/color]

Solution -- insert:
session_save_pa th ('/absolute/path/to/local/sessions/directory/');
at the start of phpMyAdmin's libraries/session.inc.php , where the string
argument is of course a "self-documenting dummy"(tm).

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[Steve Brecher]

Re: session_write_c lose() failing

I wrote:[color=blue]
> I wrote:[color=green]
>> (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_c lose():
>> open(/tmp/php-ses/sess_0c21c95414 d34dd67d6adf9ab 3de88f6, O_RDWR)
>> failed: No such file or directory (2)
>> [etc.][/color]
>
> Solution -- insert:
> session_save_pa th ('/absolute/path/to/local/sessions/directory/');
> at the start of phpMyAdmin's libraries/session.inc.php , where the
> string argument is of course a "self-documenting dummy"(tm).[/color]

I forgot to mention some context. The key was finding this from the hosting
provider: "customers cannot use the default PHP session path in /tmp.
Instead, sessions will need to be saved in each account’s home directory."

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