"session has expired" - clean installation on AMPPS

3 Jun 2014, 7:35 AM

New Zenner

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"session has expired" - clean installation on AMPPS

Hi,

to prepare a demo for a potential client, I installed ZenCart 1.5.1 locally on AMPPS using Softaculous - quick and easy. But: when I try to log in, I get the message "Whoops! Your session has expired." each time.
(This is on a windows PC, but I post here, because it's on AMPPS ...)

Any idea for a fix? Thanks!

3 Jun 2014, 5:32 PM

drbyte

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Re: "session has expired" - clean installation on AMPPS

Sounds like a sessions problem.

Try the suggestions in these articles. Some talk about admin-side issues, but the solutions largely apply similarly to the customer-side as well:
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?270-there-was-a-security-error-when-trying-to-login
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?258-i-cant-stay-logged-in-to-my-admin-area-or-php-session-handling-isnt-working-for-me
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?126-i-cant-login-to-the-admin-after-installing-zen-cart

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