Title: session start error
Last modified: October 2, 2021

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# session start error

 *  Resolved [wabekem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wabekem/)
 * (@wabekem)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-start-error-3/)
 * Following error message displays with red border and background when trying to
   use this plugin.
 *     ```
       phpMyAdmin - Error
       Error during session start; please check your PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly. Also ensure that cookies are enabled in your browser.
       session_start(): open(SESSION_FILE, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2)
       session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/php_sessions)
       ```
   
 * ——- end of quoted material ————-
 * As suggested on other topic posts, I have removed and re-installed phpMyAdmin
   already but still cannot get connected. This plugin, my theme and WordPress are
   all updated to latest versions. Have tried in Chrome and Microsoft Edge both.

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 *  Plugin Author [ttodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ttodua/)
 * (@ttodua)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-start-error-3/#post-14935337)
 * As error message says, neither reinstalling PMA or changing the browser will 
   help. Your website hosting has misconfiguration. Contact them and refer this 
   topic or error message, and follow the instructions what they will respond. They
   might even turn on that config.

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-start-error-3/#post-14935337)
 * Status: resolved