phpdev session problem

[Kiwi]

I'm having problems with phpdev and sessions. I can name and start a sesion. But as soon as I try to use the session (eg register a variable), I get an error that it can't open the session file. This happens with any session I attempts to create -- including test files that only (try to) register a session variable. I also don't get an error with a test file on my server -- so that narrows the problem down to the configuration of phpdev.

I've looked in the php.ini file, and it points to the correct directory (It's on the G: drive -- but all driver references have been changed to G: and everything else seems to work properly).

Any suggestions?

[Spookster]

You do have a temp folder set up for sessions right? There is a line that refers to the location of the temp folder in php.ini.

[Kiwi]

That was one of the first things I looked at. It's:
session.save_path = G:\phpdev\php\temp;


And the directory does exist, and the security is fine.

[firepages]

Hi, what OS are you on... 'sometimes ?' on XP you can only appear to use c:\tmp (or g:\tmp etc) as the session save directory and the php.ini session_save_path is ignored ? dont ask me why cos I have not a clue

[Kiwi]

It's on win2k, but it does give me an error that uses tmp\ in the filename. I'll create G:\tmp and see if that works. If not, C:\tmp. I'll let you know if it works.

Thanks.

[Kiwi]

No luck. I get the same error:
open(/tmp\sess_8b0742b34ba0f98e5d5d3981f577f250, O_RDWR) failed.

The file does now exist (in G:\tmp): the problem seems to be the forward-slash -- this seems to upset Bill for some reason.

Any other ideas?

[Nightfire]

I had the same problem on win98, I ended up downloading php, apache and mysql from the sites and installing them on my pc.

[Spookster]

Originally posted by Nightfire
I had the same problem on win98, I ended up downloading php, apache and mysql from the sites and installing them on my pc.

I installed phpdev on both win98 and winXP and didnt have any problem other than making sure the tmp folder existed and it was pointed to correctly in the php.ini file.

[firepages]

kiwi , run this as phpinfo.php


<?phpinfo();?>


in the first section it should tell you where your php.ini is located. (Configuration File (php.ini) Path ..... some value)

if your system root is c:\(i.e. if windows lives on c:\) then thats where your php.ini should be (c:\winnt\php.ini) , it needs to be there regardless of where the rest is installed.

if your php.ini is in the right place then I dont know what the issue is :confused:

- note that PHP is not worried about forward and backslashes in the configuration files , i.e. c:\phpdev\php/tmp is perfectly valid.

[Kiwi]

Got it. You might like to know the solution (it's a little wierd).

phpinfo told me that the ini file was in C:\winnt (a folder that doesn't exist). I created it, and copied the php.ini file there. That didn't work. When I copied the php.ini file back to G:\winnt, it worked. It seems as if php reports "c:" for the system root on windows, irrspective of what the system root actually is.

Anyway, the problem is solved, so it's working now.

Thanks.