SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY error...

[ronwong]

I have a live site, that suddenl crashed. Nothing was done on it. The following is on the main page, any clue? You can see it at www.OnlineShop.com.sg

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY/sess_3bb0b89cddbb864724e1879c38df16b4, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /home/onlinesh/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 102

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/onlinesh/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php:102) in /home/onlinesh/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 102

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/onlinesh/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php:102) in /home/onlinesh/public_html/includes/init_includes/init_templates.php on line 78

Warning: The sessions directory does not exist: SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY. Sessions will not work until this directory is created.


Warning: Unknown(): open(SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY/sess_3bb0b89cddbb864724e1879c38df16b4, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown(): Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY) in Unknown on line 0

[Ajeh]

Sounds like you are missing a configuration_key in your configuration table ...

Peek in the Configuration ... Sessions ...

Do you see a setting for:

Session Directory
If sessions are file based, store them in this directory.

[tirsys]

same problem for me but it's not clear how to fix it...

[Ajeh]

Can you go to phpMyAdmin and search the configuration table for the configuration_key called:
SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY

[tirsys]

in the configuration table there isn't any configuration_key called: SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY in fact phpmyadmin after the query:

UPDATE configuration SET configuration_value = '/accounts/bla/bla/bla/cache' WHERE configuration_key = 'SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY'

returns:

Rows modified: 0

[Ajeh]

Add this via phpMyAdmin:

INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added) VALUES ('Session Directory', 'SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY', '/tmp', 'If sessions are file based, store them in this directory.', '15', '1', now());

[tirsys]

yes I fixed!

i get also:

Warning Your database appears to need patching to a higher level. See Admin->Tools->Server Information to review patch levels.

...but my version is 1.3.8b!
I just dropped all the tables and created all again but nothing changed...where have i to look at?

[Ajeh]

Where did you get your Zen Cart download?

Was this a clean install or an upgrade of an existing install?

It sounds like an upgrade that has not been completed ...

[tirsys]

i've installed the italian version 1.3.8b following the wizard and I got immediately the SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY problem, I tried to fix it reinstalling and upgrading through wizard but something went wrong...

[DrByte]

Zen Cart has not released a "v1.3.8b" version. The latest official release is "v1.3.8a". Maybe you need to contact whoever made your "italian version 1.3.8b" for personal support.