PHP session_start fails

Question

I\'m trying to start the session in a header page in my webiste. But it seems there might be some sort of bug because it fails with the following error:

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Answer 1

This means that you don't have the correct permissions to either read or write the files in the temp directory.

If you on linux then do this

sudo chmod -R 755 \xampp\tmp //or should it be 775

On windows do this as an administrator

attrib -r -a C:\xampp\tmp /S

Answer 2

As Selular88 mentioned, Adding the path works and fix this issue. You can also check the path using

// This will output your current path.
echo session_save_path() ;

Answer 3

First stop the Xampp Server.

session.save_path = "\xampp\tmp"

and change it to look like this

session.save_path = "C:\xampp\tmp"

Restart the Xampp Server.

That’s it now your session should work as expected.