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Hi all.
I'm reasonably new to wpForo. I want to move my phpBB forum, as I find it a bit basic and also rather a pain to update - WP updates are so much simpler i.e. click a button or even make it automatic.
I've installed to a sub-directory below my pubic_html directory called wpforum and created a sub-domain to access it as wpforum.mydomain.... When I'm logged in, I constantly get the following error message displayed.
Warning: session_start(): open(/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea3/sess_3a5b3eccbe5a9392bda442b83a1d0a33, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /home/pompeybb/public_html/wpforum/wp-content/plugins/go2wpforo/Main.php on line 60
Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea3) in /home/pompeybb/public_html/wpforum/wp-content/plugins/go2wpforo/Main.php on line 60
Is this due to it being a sub-domain? Do I need to configure something to make this work correctly - a path somewhere perhaps? Presumably it is trying to locate a file called: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea3/sess_3a5b3eccbe5a9392bda442b83a1d0a33.
Thanks.
Edit: I have checked session.save_path in cPanel -> MultiPHP INI Editor.
It is set to: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php80
Why is /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea3/ being used as a path, instead of /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php80?
Is this configurable somewhere? /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea3/ does not exist.
Getting somewhere with this I think.
phpinfo() shows:-
| Directive | Local Value | Master Value |
|---|---|---|
| session.save_path | /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea3 | /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php80 |
In .htaccess in the root path of the main domain (not the wpforum.mydomain...) it is setting session.save_path. I am assuming though, that even if this file was found, this would only kick in if I'm using php version 5.x and I'm using 8.0.27: -
# BEGIN cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit # Manual editing of this file may result in unexpected behavior. # To make changes to this file, use the cPanel MultiPHP INI Editor (Home >> Software >> MultiPHP INI Editor) # For more information, read our documentation ( https://go.cpanel.net/EA4ModifyINI) <IfModule php5_module> php_flag asp_tags Off php_flag display_errors On php_value max_execution_time 1200 php_value max_input_time 60 php_value max_input_vars 1000 php_value memory_limit 128M php_value post_max_size 12M php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 php_value session.save_path "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea3" php_value upload_max_filesize 12M php_flag zlib.output_compression Off </IfModule> # END cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit
You can't have a subdomain INSIDE a domain. Subdomains have their own root directory, above public_html or whatever the name of the main domain is.
Otherwise it is not a subdomain but a site in a subfolder and from that several issues arrise.
I see you use Cpanel, and Cpanel creates the subdomains just fine.
# BEGIN cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit # Manual editing of this file may result in unexpected behavior. # To make changes to this file, use the cPanel MultiPHP INI Editor (Home >> Software >> MultiPHP INI Editor) # For more information, read our documentation ( https://go.cpanel.net/EA4ModifyINI) php_flag display_errors Off php_value max_execution_time 30 php_value max_input_time 60 php_value max_input_vars 1000 php_value memory_limit 128M php_value post_max_size 60M php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 php_value session.save_path "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php80" php_value upload_max_filesize 60M php_flag zlib.output_compression Off php_flag display_errors Off php_value max_execution_time 30 php_value max_input_time 60 php_value max_input_vars 1000 php_value memory_limit 128M php_value post_max_size 60M php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 php_value session.save_path "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php80" php_value upload_max_filesize 60M php_flag zlib.output_compression Off # END cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit
Not sure if that's the best solution, but it appears to work. I guess now there is a .htaccess file at the subdomain level, it doesn't walk up the tree to the .htaccess file for the main domain.
Thanks for the reply. Maybe I've set the whole thing up incorrectly! I will check with my hosting company.
I look to have got round the problem though, which maybe is a good thing - or maybe not if I've now caused potential issues!
