What may cause an ERR_CONNECTION_RESET error, on xampp while using session

Question

I have problem with xampp (Windows) where I have session_start(); in my file but it like drops that request...

When I try to access page with loca

Answer 1

In my case, Windows Event Viewer showed more useful data. It pointed to VCRUNTIME140.dll constantly crashing Apache (which caused the console to show ERR_CONNECTION_RESET), so I updated libraries to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=52685 - then, it showed faulting module as php7ts.dll - so I've followed instructions from http://ibraransari.blogspot.com/2017/01/how-to-solve-apache-crash-fault-module.html and I was good to go.