Title: Warning: session_start(): Cannot find save handler ‘memcache’ Last modified: January 10, 2017 --- # Warning: session_start(): Cannot find save handler ‘memcache’ * Resolved [djpeanut](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djpeanut/) * (@djpeanut) * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-session_start-cannot-find-save-handler-memcache/) * I love this plugin in so many ways, except for the fact that it spits out the following PHP warning before any HTTP output: * `Warning: session_start(): Cannot find save handler 'memcache' - session startup failed in /home/tomsbike/sites/transcaucasian.com/wp-content/plugins/give/includes/ class-give-session.php on line 367` * Has this been reported before? Any idea what the fix might be? I’m on cPanel shared hosting. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Contributor [Matt Cromwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdevmattcrom/) * (@webdevmattcrom) * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-session_start-cannot-find-save-handler-memcache/#post-8639934) * Hi there, * This is the first I’ve seen of this error. Can you provide us with your system info? Go to “Donations > Settings > System Info” I think this might be related to your environment. * Also, what host are you on? Occassionally hosts do strange things with PHP Sessions. * Thanks! * Plugin Contributor [Devin Walker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlocc/) * (@dlocc) * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-session_start-cannot-find-save-handler-memcache/#post-8640232) * Hey [@djpeanut](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djpeanut/) – We’re glad you love our plugin, that’s always good to hear! 🙂 I haven’t seen that particular PHP warning reported as of yet. Doing a quick Google search on it brings up some server specific settings that may need to be updated on your end. In fact, PHP warnings shouldn’t display on a live site but that’s besides the point. It sounds like there’s an issue on your server running PHP sessions. * Try adding `define( 'GIVE_USE_PHP_SESSIONS', false );` to your `wp-config.php` file within the root WP directory. Then run a few test donations to ensure everything is working properly and the warning no longer displays. * Let me know how that goes! * Thread Starter [djpeanut](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djpeanut/) * (@djpeanut) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-session_start-cannot-find-save-handler-memcache/#post-8683775) * Hi Matt, * Here’s the output of the system info: * ``` ### Begin System Info ### -- Site Info Site URL: http://transcaucasian.com Home URL: http://transcaucasian.com Multisite: No -- Hosting Provider Host: DBH: localhost, SRV: transcaucasian.com -- User Browser Platform: Apple Browser Name: Chrome Browser Version: 55.0.2883.95 User Agent String: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Ma c OS X 10_12_2) AppleWebKit/537. 36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/55 .0.2883.95 Safari/537.36 -- WordPress Configuration Version: 4.7.1 Language: en_US Permalink Structure: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ Active Theme: Themify Ultra 1.6.3 Show On Front: page Page On Front: Home (#1157) Page For Posts: Blog (#7) Remote Post: wp_remote_post() works Table Prefix: Length: 5 Status: Acceptable Admin AJAX: Accessible WP_DEBUG: Disabled Memory Limit: 40M Registered Post Stati: publish, future, draft, pending, private, trash, auto-draft, inherit, refunded, failed, revoked, cancelled, abandoned, spam -- Give Configuration Version: 1.7.2 Upgraded From: 1.7.2 Test Mode: Disabled Currency Code: GBP Currency Position: before Decimal Separator: . Thousands Separator: , -- Give Page Configuration Success Page: http://transcaucasian.com/donation-confirmation/ Failure Page: http://transcaucasian.com/donation-failed/ Give Forms Slug: /donations -- Give Gateway Configuration Enabled Gateways: PayPal Standard Default Gateway: PayPal Standard -- Must-Use Plugins -- WordPress Active Plugins Akismet: 3.2 Fetch Tweets: 2.6.2 Give - Donation Plugin: 1.7.2 Jetpack by WordPress.com: 4.4.2 Regenerate Thumbnails: 2.2.6 UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore: 1.12.30 Wordfence Security: 6.2.10 WP Geo: 3.4 WP Maintenance Mode: 2.0.9 Yoast SEO: 4.0.2 -- WordPress Inactive Plugins -- Webserver Configuration PHP Version: 5.4.25 MySQL Version: 5.5.52 Webserver Info: Apache -- PHP Configuration Safe Mode: Disabled Memory Limit: 256M Upload Max Size: 64M Post Max Size: 64M Upload Max Filesize: 64M Time Limit: 90 Max Input Vars: 5000 URL-aware fopen: On (1) Display Errors: On (1) -- PHP Extensions cURL: Supported cURL Version: 7.24.0 zlib: Supported GD: Supported fsockopen: Supported SOAP Client: Installed Suhosin: Not Installed DOM: Installed MBString: Installed -- Session Configuration Give Use Sessions: Enabled Session: Enabled Session Name: PHPSESSID Cookie Path: / Save Path: /tmp Use Cookies: On Use Only Cookies: On ### End System Info ### ``` * I’m on shared cPanel hosting with Vidahost.com. * Thank you in advance for any suggestions! * Plugin Contributor [Matt Cromwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdevmattcrom/) * (@webdevmattcrom) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-session_start-cannot-find-save-handler-memcache/#post-8689305) * HI [@djpeanut](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djpeanut/) did you try implementing the change the Devin suggested? Let us know how that goes. * Thread Starter [djpeanut](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djpeanut/) * (@djpeanut) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-session_start-cannot-find-save-handler-memcache/#post-8709853) * Hi Matt, * I didn’t try Devin’s change but I did spot a suspicious looking **php.ini** file in my WP root that I didn’t recognise. On opening it I spotted the following lines: * ``` [Session] session.save_handler = memcache session.save_path = "tcp://10.168.1.55:11211?persistent=1&weight=1&timeout=1&retry_interval=15" ``` * This looked like an attempted exploit and the possible cause of the issue. Deleting said file resolved the problem. * Very odd! * Plugin Contributor [Devin Walker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlocc/) * (@dlocc) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-session_start-cannot-find-save-handler-memcache/#post-8714198) * Thanks for the follow up with your solution! 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