[Resolved] [Resolved] Crazy Session Save Path problem

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Everything was working fine today, and now when the session gets invoked in my code, I get this:

Warning: session_start(): open(/tmp\sess_f3199d8e6db475fc2979e51d3b0078b5, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php on line 12

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php:12) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php on line 12

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php:12) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php on line 12

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php:12) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php on line 17

Warning: Unknown(): open(/tmp\sess_f3199d8e6db475fc2979e51d3b0078b5, 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 (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0

However, the save_path in the .ini file is actually:

session.save_path = "C:\TEMP"

Any ideas?

I also checked the apache error log and there are no errors generated in it.

[Hexidecimal]

actually the PHP formatting screwed it up or somethign. Here is the error again:

Warning: session_start(): open(/tmp\sess_f3199d8e6db475fc2979e51d3b0078b5, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php on line 12

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php:12) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php on line 12

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php:12) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php on line 12

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php:12) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\TU\login.php on line 17

Warning: Unknown(): open(/tmp\sess_f3199d8e6db475fc2979e51d3b0078b5, 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 (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0

In case it doesn't work again, it is saying that I'm using /tmp with \sess in the first line. that's two different types of backslashes. This is totally blowing my mind.

[kazer]

Backslashes in filenames are a microsoft thing. Everyone else uses forward slashes. In programming a backslash is used to comment something out. Flip the direction of your slash around and you should be good to go.

session.save_path = c:/temp

-Kaz

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That would be useful except that it is not even substituting my hard coded path into the mix there. It's using /tmp which I overwrote with the C:/TEMP

I tried your suggestion and it did not work either, but thanks for trying.

[stolzyboy]

session.save_path = C:\Temp

make sure the directory is created, then show us your code

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I did as you suggested, and still no avail.

At any rate, here is the code you requested

<?php
	// login.php - performs validation 
	// This will import GET and POST vars
	// with an "f_" prefix
	import_request_variables("P", "f_");
	// authenticate using form variables
	$status = authenticate($f_user, $f_pass);
	// if  user/pass combination is correct
	if ($status == 1)
	{
		// initiate a session
		session_start();
		// register some session variables
		$_SESSION['SESSION'] = $f_user;
		session_register('SESSION');
		// redirect to protected page
		header("Location: /secureindex.php");
		exit();
	}
	else
	// user/pass check failed
	{
		// redirect to error page
		header("Location: /error.php?e=$status");
//		header("Location: /index.php");
		exit();
	}

// authenticate username/password against a database
// returns: 0 if username and password is incorrect
//          1 if username and password are correct
//	function authenticate($user, $pass)
//	{
//		$db_connection = new COM("ADODB.Connection") or die("Database Connection Error");
//		$db_connstr = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=". realpath("C:/TU.mdb") ." ;DefaultDir=". realpath("C:"); 
//		$db_connection->open($db_connstr); 
//		$rs = $db_connection->execute("SELECT UserNo from User WHERE (UserID = '$user') AND (UserPassword = '$pass')"); 
//		$i = 0;
//	
//		while (!$rs->EOF)
//		{
//			$i++;
//			$rs->movenext();
//		}
//
//		$rs->Close(); 
//		$db_connection->Close(); 
//
//		// if row exists -> user/pass combination is correct
//		if ($i > 0)
//		{
//			return 1;
//		}
//		// user/pass combination is wrong
//		else
//		{
//			return 0;
//		}
//
//	}

// authenticate username/password against a database
// returns: 0 if username and password is incorrect
//          1 if username and password are correct
function authenticate($user, $pass)
{
	// configuration variables
	// normally these should be sourced from an external file
	// for example: include("dbconfig.php");
	// variables explicitly set here for illustrative purposes
	$db_host = "localhost";
	$db_user = "root";
	$db_pass = "fdfdfdfdfd";
	$db_name = "df";

// check login and password
// connect and execute query
$connection = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass) or die ("Unable to connect!");
$pass = md5($pass);
$query = "SELECT UserNo, UserID, UserAccess, UserFirstName, UserLastName, UserEmail, UserWorkPhone, UserHomePhone, 
UserCellPhone, UserPager, UserIM FROM Users WHERE (UserID = '$user') AND (UserPassword = '$pass')";
mysql_select_db($db_name);
$result = mysql_query($query, $connection) or die ("Error in query: $query. " . mysql_error());
mysql_close($connection);
// if row exists -> user/pass combination is correct
if (mysql_num_rows($result) == 1)
{
	return 1;
}
// user/pass combination is wrong
else
{
	return 0;
}
}

?>

[stolzyboy]

well, just a quick glance showed me that you have session_start() NOT as the first line of code, it has to be, and also quickly don't mix and match $_SESSION and session_register

<?
session_start(); //first line of code after <?
$_SESSION['SESSION'] = $f_user; //this line is all you need to set the session, i would change the name from SESSION to something else though, just for the sake of your own mind
session_register('SESSION'); //don't need this line
echo $_SESSION['SESSION']; // echo's whatever $f_user ='s
?>

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Thank you for the suggestions. I have modified my code as you said, but I still get the exact same error :/

[stolzyboy]

post your full code along with error just like you have it right now