Title: session_start(); causing WP error
Last modified: April 16, 2021

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# session_start(); causing WP error

 *  Resolved [Robbo870](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbo870/)
 * (@robbo870)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session_start-causing-wp-error/)
 * Hello,
 * Line 25 of storage.php – you have session_start(); which causes a critical issue
   in WordPress and is known bad practice.
 * Rather than
 *     ```
       if (!session_id())
            {
            @session_start();
            }
       }
       ```
   
 * You might want to use
 *     ```
       if ( !session_id() ) {
           session_start( [
           'read_and_close' => true,
           ] );
       }
       ```
   
 * Seems to work OK.
    Best regards Robbo870

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 *  Plugin Support [mediawebster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mediawebster/)
 * (@mediawebster)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session_start-causing-wp-error/#post-14327539)
 * Hello Robbo870
 * Thank you for cooperation!
 * I passed it to developers.
 *  Plugin Author [RealMag777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realmag777/)
 * (@realmag777)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session_start-causing-wp-error/#post-14397067)
 * [@robbo870](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbo870/)
 * Hello Robbo870
 * Thank you for cooperation! I preparing update, and checked the code – it is doesn
   work, currency value not saves into session …

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