How to change session_save_path in php.ini file?

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I have a shared hosting on godaddy.

I tried to change session save path in php.ini file with this line,

sessions.save_path = "/session"

I've controlled the sessions save path with sessions.save_path() function. It returns /tmp before and after changing php.ini

Is it possible to change session save path on shared hosting?
Where am I wrong?

its `session.save_path`, not plural sessions – Benoit Aug 23 '23 at 14:53 — Benoit, Aug 23 '23 at 14:53

score 44 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 10 '17 at 15:49

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You can modify the session save path on shared hosting by creating a custom php.ini.

Include this in your file: session.save_path = "/path/to/your/folder"

Otherwise, you can use:

ini_set('session.save_path', '/path/to/your/folder')

The folder you use should be under your domain/account but not accessible through a Web browser. It also needs to have world-writable permissions on it. And every page that uses sessions must include that line.

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I tried both method, I have but session save path always return /tmp, It's not changing. – Okan Kocyigit Jan 19 '12 at 20:45
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Note that "sessions.save_path" is incorrect as the commenter below notes--it should be "session.save_path". Once I removed the "s" and had session.save_path, it worked for me. – Nate Beaty Aug 11 '13 at 18:29
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The correct syntax is `ini_set('session.save_path', '/path/to/your/folder')` – revoke May 13 '15 at 07:25

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 14 '16 at 13:06

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It is session.save_path and not sessions.save_path (it may have been renamed or something, I don't know, but sessions.save_path did not work for me)

session.save_path = "/path/to/your/folder"

works fine

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 03 '18 at 07:04

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It is also important to note that session.save_path must be called before session_start()

answered Sep 03 '18 at 07:04

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 02 '20 at 13:02

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Check other files, for example: php_value[session.save_path] in /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf and webservers users should have rights..

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 09 '16 at 13:38

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Create a folder named session in the C:\session.

Change the session.save_path(); directory to the newly created path: (C:\session) anywhere out of tmp folder.

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 01 '18 at 14:23

Here's how I got sessions working, with help from this thread. I'm running PHP in IIS.

Set the session folder in php.ini.

session.save_path = "C:/inetpub/temp/php_session"

(I'm not yet sure if this session folder is best practice for my environment..security-wise. I need to do more reading on this.)

Setting the session path was not enough. At first, I had placed session_start() in a function where I needed to set my session variables but even though the session file was created in my path (sess_d9eeeb305928f2f39a25f296773b09eb), the $_SESSION value was lost during an ajax post to my PHP page. Someone on stack\o said to put session_start() as the first line, so I tried that and my session value is working. I haven't figured out where to destroy it.

<?php 
session_start();
...

How to change session_save_path in php.ini file?

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