I spent a bit of time tracking down a session-related error that was occurring after upgrading PHP from version 5 to version 7:
PHP Catchable fatal error: session_regenerate_id(): Failed to create(read) session ID: user (path: /var/lib/php/session) in /vagrant/library/Zend/Session.php on line 322
Although this particular error was coming from Zend Framework, there’s a more general solution that is framework-agnostic:
If you are setting a custom session handler, make sure the read callback returns a string. Returning null or false will cause the above error.
Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-save-handler.php
Glen Scott
I’m a freelance software developer with 18 years’ professional experience in web development. I specialise in creating tailor-made, web-based systems that can help your business run like clockwork. I am the Managing Director of Yellow Square Development.
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