Undefined call session_start

[jclaes]

I like to test SugarCrm but having followed the installation manual I get a msg:
fatal error: call to undefined function session_start()
I am running Suse SLES 9.2 PHP 4.3.4
I checked the php.ini but found no indication session_start was disabled.
Anybody willing to give some advice?
Much appreciated.

[sugarchris]

Try creating a blank page, call it "test.php": add the following code:

 <?php
 
session_start();
$_SESSION['test'] = "this is a test.";
 
if($_SESSION['test' == "this is a test.") {
    echo $_SESSION['test'] . " And it was successful.";
} else {
    echo "You probably see an error above this.";
}
 
 
session_write_close();
?>  

Run it and get back to us. If it's unsuccessful, you know your PHP needs updating.

[jclaes]

Thanks for your reply. I got some parsing errors. So I erased all proposed instructions except the start and close.

<?php

session_start();
echo "XXX";
session_write_close();
?>

Running it I get a msg
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: session_start() in /srv/www/htdocs/Nuke/Nuke/testsession.php on line 3
Thanks.Regards

[sugarchris]

I would say pretty confidently that your PHP is not allowing session varibles to be set.

Take a look at your php.ini file. Does it have an entry that starts with the following?:

[Session]
; Handler used to store/retrieve data.
session.save_handler = files

; Argument passed to save_handler.  In the case of files, this is the path
; where data files are stored. Note: Windows users have to change this 
; variable in order to use PHP's session functions.
; As of PHP 4.0.1, you can define the path as:
;     session.save_path = "N;/path"
; where N is an integer.  Instead of storing all the session files in 
; /path, what this will do is use subdirectories N-levels deep, and 
; store the session data in those directories.  This is useful if you 
; or your OS have problems with lots of files in one directory, and is 
; a more efficient layout for servers that handle lots of sessions.
; NOTE 1: PHP will not create this directory structure automatically.
;         You can use the script in the ext/session dir for that purpose.
; NOTE 2: See the section on garbage collection below if you choose to
;         use subdirectories for session storage
session.save_path = "C:\xampp\xampp\tmp"

; Whether to use cookies.
session.use_cookies = 1

; This option enables administrators to make their users invulnerable to
; attacks which involve passing session ids in URLs; defaults to 0.
; session.use_only_cookies = 1

; Name of the session (used as cookie name).
session.name = PHPSESSID
.... (continued)

If it doesn't I would try to do an up2date run on your RH box. You probably need an updated PHP rpm set. If anyone knows differently, please chime in. I'm definitely not a RH expert.

[jclaes]

That is an exact copy of what I find in php.ini A bit further I have :

; Initialize session on request startup.
session.auto_start = 1

This was originally set to 0 but I chenged it to 1
However I suppose I need to restart the server to make this option work?

Thanks for your input.

[jclaes]

My problem is solved.
I installed the PHP4 extensions and then the CURL extensions and I am able to log into the system.
Have not played around but will from now. Hopefully all goes as smooth further on as the install.
Thanks for your help.

[SWatson]

When we log in to our intranet we use the session.name = PHPSESSID as does Sugar.

So when we logout it removes the session.name and we have to log backinto our intranet.

Any ideas on this? I dont see how we could rename the session.name we use, can we change in Sugar?

Thanks
Steve W