After searching through threads to find my solution I have had no success. I have no problem making an initial test connection to my MySQL database. In runtime is where I see an error

Warning: open(/tmp\sess_e113b76573072f9bb5eaa6d35d6081c9, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\login.php on line 11

Line 11 is "session_start( ) ;"

I am running the latest versions of PHP and MySQL on PWS 4.0

I've ran a test.php page and everything looks to be functioning.
Now because it can't start a session would that mean that I have a password and login problem?

any help is appreciated

The problem is that you have an incorrectly configured PHP.ini, and that is causing the problem.

There is a clue in the error message, though it is easily missed.

Look at the path of :-

/tmp\sess_e113b76573072f9bb5eaa6d35d6081c9

It's a UNIX path.... so you need to open up your PHP.ini file in a text editor, and search for and entry called 'session.save_path'.

When you've found it, change it to the path of your Windows temporary directory, and it should work...

Hope this helps



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Well I decided to change my server to Apache instead of PWS( I head a friggin headache with this microsoft b.s) and changed the session_save path as you directed in your response. I still come up with errors on handling sessions. Do you know of other problems associated with handling sessions? I'm a print graphic designer, so I am new to this.

Castaic,

could you please send your error message, if different from the previous. It will be easier for us to help you with the exact message <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Anyway, I wrote a Faq specifically to get rid of this problem.

www.udzone.com/showDetail.asp?TypeId=7&NewsId=1849

Part of the content of the phpinfo() command are shown.
First, make sure you work with the correct php.ini file (shown on the first table),
Then make sure, your session_path is correct.


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This is really weird.... I noticed that my PHP.INI file was not reflecting the changes I had made concerning the SESSION_SAVE issue. I took the ini file and put it on my Mac and opened it with BB-Edit. After, I put it back on my windows machine. Sure enough, the damn thing worked! Thanks for the clues with the configuration.

Steve

It's always worth remembering that you should stop Apache before making changes to the PHP.ini to prevent any issues.

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It's always worth remembering that you should stop Apache before making changes to the PHP.ini to prevent any issues.
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I have made extensive search on that specific point, and it seems that the PHP.ini is read by PHP each time you execute a PHP script AND that the file has changed.

So, (at least under Win32), you can change the PHP.ini file without restarting apache.

Bruno

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Edited by - Maehdros on 08 Feb 2002 10:14:24

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It's always worth remembering that you should stop Apache before making changes to the PHP.ini to prevent any issues.
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I have made extensive search on that specific point, and it seems that the PHP.ini is read by PHP each time you execute a PHP script AND that the file has changed.

So, (at least under Win32), you can change the PHP.ini file without restarting apache.

Bruno

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Edited by - Maehdros on 08 Feb 2002 10:14:24
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Speaking from experience I have found this not to be the case

George

Everybody has got to be somewhere

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The configuration file (called php3.ini in PHP 3.0, and simply php.ini as of PHP 4.0) is read when PHP starts up. For the server module versions of PHP, this happens only once when the web server is started. For the CGI version, it happens on every invocation.
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The module loading system of Apache under win32 is not as stable as it is under Linux, it is recommended to use the CGI version of PHP. Therefore, in my case, I had noticed that PHP reload the file each time.

Bruno

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