On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Tedd Sperling <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi gang: > > Normally when I want to start a session, I use -- > > <?php session_start(); > > — and this has worked for me for years. > > Starting last semester, my PHP class started having problems with session > ID’s. > > The problem occurs as follows: > > Student “A" runs their code (using session_start() ) and everything works. > > Student “B" runs their code (using session_start() ) and the server > reports "Permission denied (13) in…” — AND displays the exact same session > ID as the first student (Student A). > > Oddly enough, after a while, things work out and the server starts > generating different session ID's for each student. > > Anyone have an ideas as to why this happens? > > Keep in mind, that both students have their own separate account on the > school's server AND they are running their own scripts . Even my scripts > are not immune to this problem. For example try running my script here: > > http://citw.lcc.edu/~sperlt/citw185/examples/session-page1.php > > Currently, my script generates: > > Warning: session_start(): open(/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php56/sess_qsabg71cg8u6i2dfgpsbmfth74, > O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /home/sperlt/public_html/ > citw185/examples/session-page1.php on line 3 > > However, yesterday the script ran without error. > Sometimes this can mean that there are disk space issues. I've had this issue in the past, and one of the answers on SO (by Haz) suggests the same thing: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4585086/how-can-i-fix-the-permission-error-when-i-call-session-start Adam
