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  1. 4u123

    4u123 Well-Known Member
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    Hi, Can someone please advise if its OK to uncomment the session save path in php.ini ? Its set to /tmp which is where sessions should be saved anyway but for some reason it is commented out by default. (php5)

    Is it safe to simply uncomment it ?
     
    #1 4u123, Mar 23, 2007
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    I have the same question... Should this not accelerate php? I question it only because the default WHM configuration has no defined session save path.

    Anyone?
     
    #2 guysmiley, Oct 7, 2008
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    Hello :),

    session.save_path = /tmp ( this means that session file will be rewritable)
    uncomment this if you are installing the joomla like module of php and do not fear of setting things like this:cool:

     
    #3 Ghulam Yaseen, Oct 8, 2008
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    I think you misunderstand.

    The master php session save path, as specified in WHM, is 'N;/path'. Does this mean it's disabled? Is this right?
     
    #4 guysmiley, Oct 10, 2008
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    No, this means the default value is being used. Remember, this configuration entry can take the form of <numerical value>;<path> (without the angle brackets, of course).
     
    #5 cPanelDavidG, Oct 13, 2008
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    so we should or shouldn't not comment it out "session.save_path = /tmp"?

    we've got many this errors:

     
    #6 neorder, Nov 7, 2009
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    I would like to know this as well. Apparently our hosted members can not install SugarCE because the installation process dies on:

    Session Save Path Setting The session.save_path setting in your php configuration file (php.ini) is not set or is set to a folder which did not exist.

    So, if we simply uncomment the value in question in the server's global php.ini file I think they will be able to get past this point in the installation process, BUT, will it cause other errors on the server if we do this?
     
    #7 jols, Dec 11, 2009
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    The answer is that its a standard php.ini file default setting. By default PHP will use /tmp anyway if this is commented out. Some software requires that the path be specifically set - in which case just uncomment it. At the end of the day - you should set it to whatever you want it to be. It does no harm to uncomment that entry and set it specifically to /tmp.
     
    #8 4u123, Dec 11, 2009
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    Okay, so I assume that if I do this, it will not mess up other script packages that use other-than-the-default to store session files?
     
    #9 jols, Dec 11, 2009
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    The changes you make to the php.ini on the server are global. Sites on your server can only use the setting provided in php.ini unless they are using an ini_set overrride or a php.ini of their own.

    PHP itself will always default to /tmp if you dont specify the session save path - i.e it is commented out. Therefore all sites on your server will use /tmp by default. If you specify /tmp instead of commenting it out - all sites will still use /tmp. They can only use an other-than-the-default setting if they are overriding the main php.ini in which case they will only be changing their own settings anyway.
     
    #10 4u123, Dec 11, 2009
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    Okay cool. So if I have all this straight, then no-harm-done either way (?).
     
    #11 jols, Dec 11, 2009
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