Changing path to sessions

[netfrugal]

I know I can modify the directory of the sessions, located in the php.ini file. But I know I've seen other systems, like oscommerce, specify the database or a different directory for storing the sessions. (while not affecting other websites on the server)

How does one use php to tell where to write and read from a different directory?

I'm reading the php manuals, and I'm rather confused about it, obviously.

Is this the function that I use to write to a specified directory? session_save_path()

If so, I'm not getting the result I'm looking for, which is writing to the directory I've put inside the function.

[bradgrafelman]

As the function name would suggest, [man]session_save_path/man is indeed the function to use to change the path where sessions are saved.

Note that if PHP was installed as an Apache module and you're able to use a .htaccess file, you could use the 'php_value' directive to modify the session save path for an entire directory of scripts.

[netfrugal]

I see my mistake. I've placed sess_save_path after the session_start(). It has to go before it.

[NogDog]

netfrugal;10911058 wrote:

I see my mistake. I've placed sess_save_path after the session_start(). It has to go before it.

Also note that if you do it that way, it has to go in every script that needs to access that session data. (If they all run the same config file or such, then that might be the best place to put it.)