Title: PHP Warning: session_start(): Cannot find session save handler memcached
Last modified: June 1, 2024

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# PHP Warning: session_start(): Cannot find session save handler memcached

 *  [tommat1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tommat1/)
 * (@tommat1)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-session_start-cannot-find-session-save-handler-memcached/)
 * When using memcached as a session handler in php
 * session.save_handler = “memcached”
   session.save_path = “127.0.0.1:11211”
 * OR when using php-fpm adn in [http://www.conf](http://www.conf)
 * php_value[session.save_handler] = “memcached”
   php_value[session.save_path] = “
   127.0.0.1:11211”
 * /wp-content/plugins/official-facebook-pixel/core/FacebookWordpressOpenBridge.
   php on line 66
 * will throw a php warning.. Reads the following:
 * fpm-www-error.log <==
   [01-Jun-2024 03:52:49 UTC] PHP Warning: session_start():
   Cannot find session save handler “memcached” – session startup failed in …/htdocs/
   wp-content/plugins/official-facebook-pixel/core/FacebookWordpressOpenBridge.php
   on line 66
 * Im seeing this on many sites. Using php 8.0 on apache 2.4x which php-fpm and 
   when using memcached service as a session handler (versus php files handler) ..
   memcached is faster.

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