[thelist] php session_start() function

[kasimir-k]

Santilal Parbhu scribeva in 09/04/2006 11:13:
> Configuration File (php.ini) Path php.ini
> 
> I presume this means that the php.ini file is in the same directory as php.

Hmm... I'd expect to see absolute path for php.ini... but I don't know.

> session.save_handler      = files   ; handler used to store/retrieve data
> session.save_path         = c:\WINDOWS\Temp; argument passed to save_handler
>                                     ; in the case of files, this is the
>                                     ; path where data files are stored
> 
> The directory c:\WINDOWS\Temp is exactly as in my directory structure.  This
> looks right to me - any comments??

It looks right...

> After re-booting I got the following from phpinfo:
> session.save_handler	 files	 files
> session.save_path		 /tmp 	/tmp
> 
> This suggests that the changes I made did not work. 

True. Makes me think that PHP isn't finding the php.ini. Try moving it 
from php dircetory to C:\windows and restart Apache (no need to restart 
your computer).
http://php.net/manual/en/configuration.php

Or plan B: set the value in httpd.conf, .htaccess or script level using 
ini_set()
http://php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php
http://php.net/manual/en/ini.php

.k