php session_start() error

[adrive]

Hi guys, occasionally i'm getting this very weird error whenever i call session_start(); on my php page.

 

Notice: session_start() [function.session-start]: ps_files_cleanup_dir: opendir(C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\) failed: No error (0) in C:\public_html\MyNotes\index.php on line 4

 

 

What does it actually mean? And why does it only happen occasionally? which is quite annoying since it'll make my page jumbled up, not loading proper css.

[PHP_PhREEEk]

http://www.google.com/search?q=ps_files_cleanup_dir

 

Lots of stuff to absorb...

 

PhREEEk

[adrive]

well i'm running it on IIS, windows xp.

 

the following site describes debian :

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=20720

 

does this mean i have to do garbage collection myself and switch off the probability of php to do its own?

[PHP_PhREEEk]

: shrug :

 

That bug was first reported in 2002, then basically relegated to not a bug overall, only to some... lol

 

Thing is, you're not getting a permissions error, so that's kind of strange...

 

What PHP ver are you running?

 

As mentioned, an error suppressor in front seems a valid solution since the error does not seem to harm the session itself. Can you verify that your session is stable? So:

 

<?php
@session_start();

 

should stop your page from being jumbled. If your session is stable, I wouldn't lose much sleep over this.

 

PhREEEk

[PFMaBiSmAd]

I recommend not using the default Windows temp folder and instead make a dedicated folder, such as C:\tmp, that will only be used by php.