Title: session() errors
Last modified: October 11, 2024

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# session() errors

 *  Resolved [wordpressdennis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressdennis/)
 * (@wordpressdennis)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-errors-2/)
 * Hi, your restore_boot() function is called on just every load action in frontend,
   backend, ajax-calls. the simple session_start() line throws thousands of “session_start()
   will be ignored …” error log entries, if i try to start a session too in my coding.
   
   Could you please wrap your session_start just in an if-condition? if(session_status()
   === PHP_SESSION_NONE) {session_start(); // phpcs:ignore}
 * I do so on my session_start, but somehow your session_start is not recognized
   as an active session, when i do my call. so my own if condition does not work.
 * And by the way. Why is the function executed all the time. Isn’t it just necessary,
   if i want to do a backwpup restore?
 * (Without checking by myself, if correct) ChatGPT suggests something like this
   for your session_start:
 * if (is_admin() || (defined(‘DOING_AJAX’) && isset($_REQUEST[‘action’]) && $_REQUEST[‘
   action’] === ‘restore’)) {
   if (session_status() !== PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE) {session_start();//
   phpcs:ignore}}

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 *  Thread Starter [wordpressdennis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressdennis/)
 * (@wordpressdennis)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-errors-2/#post-18066830)
 * forgot the info about the related file:
   /backwpup/src/Infrastructure/Restore/
   commons.php
 * at the end is your function with simple session_start() line.
 *  Plugin Support [Saransh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saranshwpm/)
 * (@saranshwpm)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-errors-2/#post-18080021)
 * Hello,
 * Thank you for bringing this to our attention. You are absolutely correct that`
   session_start()` should ideally only be used in the standalone app and not within
   WordPress. For WordPress, it’s recommended to store session-related data using
   options or usermeta, following WordPress best practices.
 * We’ve noted your feedback, and I’ve shared it with our development team. We’ve
   taken this as a feature request, and hopefully, it will be considered for future
   updates to improve the way sessions are handled.
 * As of now, there is no workaround or ETA for this change, but we appreciate your
   patience and understanding in the meantime.
 * If you encounter any further issues or need help, feel free to reach out.
 * Best Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [wordpressdennis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressdennis/)
 * (@wordpressdennis)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-errors-2/#post-18095578)
 * hi, thanks for your feedback. As of PHP 8.x – don’t know the exact minor version–
   this throws a lot of error log entries, if error logging is active:
   [25-Oct-2024
   12:12:10 Europe/Berlin] PHP Notice: session_start(): Ignoring session_start()
   because a session is already active in /www/htdocs/…/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/
   src/Infrastructure/Restore/commons.php on line 358
 * Imho to wrap your session_start() in a check of a session already existing should
   be no big deal, that does not need to be discussed, isn’t it? Additionally this
   session_start() is part of the – really cool!!! – new restore function of the
   free plugin. I am sure, it is not necessary, to execuute/initialize this functionality
   in the frontend of the website …. 😉
 * For now my workaround is just disabling error logging for this special error:
   
   set_error_handler(array($this, “customErrorHandler”));function customErrorHandler(
   $errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline) {if (strpos($errstr, ‘session_start(): Ignoring
   session_start()’) !== false) {return true;}return false;}
 * Not ideal, but it allows me to keep my error logging active with being punished
   by BackWPUp.
 *  Plugin Support [Saransh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saranshwpm/)
 * (@saranshwpm)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-errors-2/#post-18101698)
 * Hi,
   I have taken the note and added it to the escalated report for our developers.
   Thanks and regards.

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 * [session](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/session/)

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 * Last reply from: [Saransh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saranshwpm/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-errors-2/#post-18101698)
 * Status: resolved