Codeigniter not working in IIS

Question

Ok, I got an codeigniter app. it works fine in localhost, works fine in a php hosting that I got. But my client wants it running in IIS. I've passed the web.config pitfall but now I get the following error:

An uncaught Exception was encountered

Type: Exception

Message: Session: Configured save path 'c:\windows\temp' is not writable by the PHP process.

Filename: E:\home\emconexao.com\site3\system\libraries\Session\drivers\Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 124

I know it's a PHP configuration trouble, but where ?

In my application/config/autoload.php file if I remove session from libraries it works... until I login the site, then obviously it can't generate session and it crashes...

Can anyone help me?

You could set the app pool for the virtual to an actual user that has permissions to windows\temp (NOT AN ADMIN) — Anthony Horne, Apr 11 '15 at 22:00
A little formatting on your posts can go a long way, I edited it for you. Also you should avoid abbreviations like "obv". — Tom Tom, Apr 12 '15 at 01:37
Possible duplicate of [Session: Configured save path 'C:\Windows\Temp' is not writable by the PHP process](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39472209/session-configured-save-path-c-windows-temp-is-not-writable-by-the-php-proce) — megz, Mar 05 '17 at 14:55
You can just change the permissions to c:\windows\temp to allow users to have full access. If your lazy like me. — Menace, Feb 04 '19 at 19:53

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '15 at 19:39

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Here’s a fix that worked for me:

Open php.ini
Set: session.save_path = C:\inetpub\temp\sessions
Create C:\inetpub\temp\sessions and give IUSR and NETWORK SERVICE (or whatever is the identity of app pool) full rights.
Save php.ini

This was a good reference: http://forums.iis.net/post/1735092.aspx

answered Apr 28 '15 at 19:39

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Note that one location of php.ini might be C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\PHP\v5.3\php.ini and that file might still be used even if C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\PHP\v5.4 exists. – Elijah Lofgren Jan 22 '16 at 15:28

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 16 '15 at 23:49

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give config.php

$config['sess_save_path'] = 'writable absolute path';

edited Oct 16 '15 at 23:49

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answered Oct 16 '15 at 10:39

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 06 '19 at 15:44

create folder sessions under '/application/chache' and in config.php change

$config['sess_save_path'] = NULL;

TO

$config['sess_save_path'] = FCPATH . 'application/cache/sessions/';

and Change File Permissions

https://www.wikihow.com/Change-File-Permissions-on-Windows-7

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 16 '16 at 12:26

this worked for me make changes on some places .user.ini which is in httpdocs,type there session.save_path = 'C:\your dir' then in config.php change the session.save_path ='null' to the above dir and make same changes on php settings set the session.save_path to the above dir

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 07 '16 at 10:11

1= create file .user.ini
2= copy this code and edit
[PHP]
open_basedir=""
safe_mode=off
sendmail_from=noreply@secureserver.net
SMTP=relay-hosting.secureserver.net
session.save_path=server drive:\PleskVhosts\your main domain.com\yout sub domain name/tmp;

    enter code here

example

[PHP]
open_basedir=""
safe_mode=off
sendmail_from=noreply@secureserver.net
SMTP=relay-hosting.secureserver.net
session.save_path=G:\PleskVhosts\gfor.com\onlineshope.org\tmp;

score -2 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 14 '15 at 15:36

I couldnt solve my problem using 'files' to store session because of the hosting service, instead i changed to 'database' option on config.php and created a ci_sessions table using the model on codeigniter. Here the link that helped me:

http://www.codeigniter.com/userguide3/libraries/sessions.html#database-driver

Codeigniter not working in IIS

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