[Solved] can not read session save path in php

[mrj]

Hi,

I am using following function to get online users count. But it appears that there is no permission for reading content of that dir. Can you help me please?

Server: tommy

function onlineUsers() {
        $i = 0;
        $path = session_save_path();
        if (trim($path)=="") {
            return FALSE;
        }
        $d = dir($path);
        while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
            if ($entry!="." and $entry!="..") {
                if (time()- filemtime($path."/$entry") < 1 * 60) {
                    $i++;
                }
            }
        }
        $d->close();
        return $i;
}

[Krydos]

Did you set read permissions for other on that file? You can right click on the file in cpanel file explorer or use ftp to change permissions. Filezilla calls other public permissions for instance.

[mrj]

Did you set read permissions for other on that file? You can right click on the file in cpanel file explorer or use ftp to change permissions. Filezilla calls other public permissions for instance.

Yes, I did. I set it to 777.

[mrj]

I read somewhere in the internet that shared hosting sessions are saved to the same path for everyone. Maybe is that why particular user can't read session dir? Just an Idea.

[Krydos]

666 is better unless you need to execute the file for some reason. 6 = read/write, 7 = read/write/execute. Directories generally need execute permissions, but unless the file is cgi or a command line script it doesn't need execute. Try changing the directory that the files are in to 777 though.

[Krydos]

Well, you can set the session path to whatever you want with

ini_set('session.save_path', $path);

[mrj]

666 is better unless you need to execute the file for some reason. 6 = read/write, 7 = read/write/execute. Directories generally need execute permissions, but unless the file is cgi or a command line script it doesn't need execute. Try changing the directory that the files are in to 777 though.

Still not working

[mrj]

Well, you can set the session path to whatever you want with

ini_set('session.save_path', $path);

tried, but still shows the session path as /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73

[Krydos]

Works for me

<?php

echo session_save_path()."<br>";
ini_set("session.save_path", "/home/krydos/tmp");
echo session_save_path();

https://krydos.heliohost.org/session_change.php

[mrj]

here is my output

/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73
/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73

[Krydos]

Hmm, it works on your account too https://merajbd.com/session_change.php

[mrj]

Okay I figured out the problem. ini_set function need to be called at the top of php file. inside a function doesn't work.

Edited October 12, 2020 by mrj