{"id":5044,"date":"2020-07-14T15:59:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T10:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:47:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:17:52","slug":"failed-to-read-session-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/failed-to-read-session-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Solved &#8211; Failed to read session data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PHP is the most used coding language in web-industry. There are lots of issue a developer faces if the process that handles PHP is not configured spotless by server management team. We at skynats are provision in doing the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Issue &#8211; Failed to read session data<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue is noticed mostly while the session in php not working like login etc. The usual received error is as below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\"\nPHP Warning:  session_start(): open(\/var\/lib\/php\/session\/sess_cfiolpjscig0kc1n7j798vplaj, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2)   session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: \/var\/lib\/php\/session)\n\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cause &#8211; Failed to read session data<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There can be more than one cause to this issue here are some<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Error is the misconfiguration of PHP process.<\/li><li>Additional conf files for the PHP process.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resolution &#8211; Failed to read session data<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this follow the below steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Check session_handler parameter in the PHP process handler.<\/li><li>Check if the file location is present and has the right permission.<\/li><li>Correct the permission of the file location according to the PHP process handler<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default\"><blockquote><p><strong>Do you want our expert team to fix this issue?<\/strong><\/p><cite><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/contact-us\/\">CONTACT US NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHP is the most used coding language in web-industry. 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