Title: Getting Session Error
Last modified: March 5, 2018

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# Getting Session Error

 *  Resolved [nrtdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrtdesign/)
 * (@nrtdesign)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-session-error/)
 * I just updated WordPress and I’m getting an error in the admin that says:
 * Warning: session_start(): The session id is too long or contains illegal characters,
   valid characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and ‘-,’ in /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs/
   wp-content/plugins/flexible-shipping-2/flexible-shipping.php on line 173
 * Any suggestions?

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