session.save_path (Huge problems) :(

[Fiky]

I'm having great problems with my VPS webhosting at the moment, I've spent countless hours tryings to figure out how to set a value for session.save_path via the php.ini file so I can get Joomla CMS working. Webhost support has simply told me to make a php.ini including the session.save_path and the tmp folder location which I've done.

The exact contents of the PHP.ini file is:

session.save_path "/home/mysite/tmp/mambo"

Even though that is set (assuming it is correct) the Joomla setup web UI still spits out the same error message - Session Save Path NOT SET - Unwriteable.

P.S I cannot use htaccess because I just get errors (Internal)

Any help would be GREAT!

Thanks.

[henry0]

Shouldn't you point to joomla instead of mambo?

[Fiky]

not really that is just a path to dump cookies and the like if I remmber correctly...

[henry0]

What I mean is: Are you sure that the name mambo is not changed to joomla?

[Fiky]

Nope, Ive even set it to the default temp folder for the site which is located in the root directory /tmp and still no LUCK

I've placed a custom php.ini file in my joomla dir with the following...

ini_set('session.save_path', '/home/mysite/tmp');

no luck :(

Ithink im gonna die here!

[barns101]

When I used a custom php.ini file on a shared server I found that I had to place a copy in all subdirectories that I wanted to be affected as well as in the root.

[Fiky]

I noticed that PHP 5.1.4 and PHP 5.1.2 no longer accept php.ini's from clients home directories. I've enquired with cpanel as to as why this is happening however it does take them time to investigate an issue.

Aint a problem on my end... All those wasted hours trying to figure it out, wasted!