Issue with sessions?

[BikiniDUck]

I have a wordpress install that I use as a standalone site.
I recently finished working on another Wordpress installation. I was going to use it as a shopping cart for a single product. However when I migrated everything over from my computer to the server I get this error from the shopping cart plugin:

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/www/php/f/c/7/sess_fc7d0a3f61d48cf9dd1dee9599d73c2a, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /hermes/web09d/b2964/pow.name/htdocs/aurora/wp-content/plugins/wp-e-commerce/merchants/paypal_certified.php on line 741

Warning: Unknown(): open(/www/php/f/c/7/sess_fc7d0a3f61d48cf9dd1dee9599d73c2a, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown(): Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (3;/www/php) in Unknown on line 0

Through some googling it seems that both Wordpress's are trying to access the same PHP temp file? Is there a way to turn on multiple sessions?
I'm at a loss as to what to do next.

Thanks,
--Martin--

[HalfaBee]

Remove the php.ini file from your website.

[BikiniDUck]

I tried that but the error still continues

[HalfaBee]

run this little script, it should show you where the php.ini is located.

PHP Code:

<? phpinfo() ?>

If not, the path is hardcoded into a config file or script.

[Dbrazzell]

/www/php/ has to be hard coded in your site somewhere.

Thats a path located on your home computer that you copied this site from.
The php.ini of the server the site is hosted on sets the php_session_dir path. Which in our case Im sure is set correctly. But you are overriding it somehow. Most likely by hard coding that path some where in a .php file in your account.

[BikiniDUck]

Just to make sure that wasnt the case, I deleted everything that referenced it in any way. All files, DB's, etc. Reinstalled it, activated it, get error again. I installed the plugin on the site through the web interface, skipping FTP.

Last time I tried using this plugin it was an older version of wordpress. It worked so well in my playing around back then I used it for the newest site.

However between then and now new versions of WP were released, and the latest one is what I use now. I used http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html to work on the site offline. Everything I did offline worked just fine, and still does. But when I uploaded it I started getting that error. The only time it comes up is when the shopping cart is turned on, regardless of whether any other plugins are active. I looked, and the /www/php/ doesnt even exist on my computer, it has to be some reference to something on the powweb server.

I guess my next try is to downgrade WP and try it again.

[KitBear]

Is your session.save_path correct?

Link: http://members.powweb.com/member/cgi...nt/PHPplus.bml

Look for:
session.save_path = "/home/users/web/.../.../.../.../"

I have mine located within a folder within my webspace.

[BikiniDUck]

Originally Posted by Dbrazzell

/www/php/ has to be hard coded in your site somewhere.

Thats a path located on your home computer that you copied this site from.
The php.ini of the server the site is hosted on sets the php_session_dir path. Which in our case Im sure is set correctly. But you are overriding it somehow. Most likely by hard coding that path some where in a .php file in your account.

I just downloaded the php.ini file that is on the powweb server. The only mention of www/tmp is this:

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; File Uploads ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; Whether to allow HTTP file uploads.
file_uploads = On

; Temporary directory for HTTP uploaded files (will use system default if not
; specified).
upload_tmp_dir = /www/tmp

; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = 2M


Is this the correct default setting? If not what should I change it to?

[BikiniDUck]

Kitbear thanks for that link.
Mine looks like:
session.save_path = "3;/www/php"

So I should change that to an unused folder inside my main htdocs folder?

[KitBear]

You got it! (outsite your main htdocs folder works fine)

[BikiniDUck]

Success! Relocated the file path and the error went away.

Thanks for the help!

[KitBear]

You're welcome.

Check the contents of your sessions folder in a few days. If garbage collection is not automatically happening, you can create a cron job to delete the old session files automatically.