Title: Getting Session start error
Last modified: April 23, 2021

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# Getting Session start error

 *  Resolved [priyankac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/priyankac/)
 * (@priyankac)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-session-start-error/)
 * Hello there,
 * Recently we created new droplet and moves all wordpress files in that droplet
   via FTP through we don’t use any cpanel.
 * After moving files we getting session error please check below
 * 1) Warning: session_start(): open(/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php72/sess_a3o3sk8v35kc0ocnoktcgj9788,
   O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/
   custom-sidebars/inc/external/wpmu-lib/inc/class-thelib.php on line 145
 * 2) Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/cpanel/
   php/sessions/ea-php72) in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/custom-sidebars/inc/
   external/wpmu-lib/inc/class-thelib.php on line 145
 * How to solve this problem ?
 * Thank You

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 *  Plugin Author [WebFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webfactory/)
 * (@webfactory)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-session-start-error/#post-14358999)
 * Hi,
    PHP sessions are not properly configured on your server and don’t work. 
   It’s probably an issue with folder privileges where temporary PHP session files
   are kept, but that’s just an educated guess. You’ll have to contact somebody 
   to help you configure the new droplet.

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