session_name() undefined

[tanderso]

I'm trying to run dotproject, but I'm getting an error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function session_name() in /home/sites/dotproject/htdocs/dotproject/index.php on line 52

I commented out the "session_name" line, and it gave a similar error on "session_write_close". I grep'ed the /usr/include directory, and found that both of those functions are in php_session.h. After reinstalling, I noted that php_session.h was indeed compiled.

Anyone know what I'm missing?

Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
Order amid Chaos, Inc.

http://www.oac-design.com

 

[sleipnir214]

Session support is turned on by default in PHP. It must be turned off using the "--disable-session" directive to the configure script at compile time.

If you run a script consisting entirely of:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

What does the output section on sessions say?

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[tanderso]

I've read that elsewhere too, but it seems that Gentoo's default config options are at odds with the normal behavior. Even though php_session.h was compiled, it seems to have been disabled by the default Gentoo install. I've changed my USE variable to include "session" which enables it. I'm presently recompiling, but I anticipate this will solve it. Thanks for the help.

Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
Order amid Chaos, Inc.

http://www.oac-design.com

 

[tanderso]

Nope that didn't work. Even though "emerge info" clearly shows "session", the phpinfo script still shows "--disable-session". I even tried setting the environment variable USE="session", but that didn't do it either. I finally added it to "/etc/portage/package.use" and did an "emerge --newuse mod_php" and it finally got rid of the "--disable-session" flag. So now that works. Turns out dotproject had another problem wherein the clone() function now became a reserved word, so I renamed it and all seems to be working now.

Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
Order amid Chaos, Inc.

http://www.oac-design.com