session_start error.

[Jack]

I've been getting the message:

'Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module. '

intermitently and randomly. I've checked with my host and they're pretty certain that required permissions are ok.

I have seen this reported as a php bug. Is anyone else affected by it?

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks
Jack.

[Jack]

No one else then?

[madcat]

Jack, did you ever get a reasonable answer to this dilemma?

Thansk-

[Jack]

Mad,

I eventually solved it by putting the following line:

 ini_set('session.save_handler', 'files');

immedialtely before session_start(); in every one of my programs (i.e. it is the very first line of code).

I seem to remember concluding that the problem was being on a shared server where other applications, possibly in conjunction with a php bug, were intermittently upsetting the php configuration.

I don't know if the above code has any performance or other downsides - it should not really be necessary to have it there. Has anyone else got any info on this?

Cheers
Jack.