session_start() not working on mac [duplicate]

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How can I fix the Permission error when I call session_start()?
PHP Warning Permission denied (13) on session_start()

I am trying to make an admin panel. Unfortunately session does not work on macbook. I have everything installed and working, also latest php at this time.

I just cannot manage to get it working on my mac. It does work on my paid hosting however I cannot work on that.

Please help me to resolve this issue. I believe it's something about permission writing or so.

Answer 1

You need to change the permissions on:

/var/folders

I would suggest changing the ownership of the folder:

sudo chown -R nobody /var/lib/php/session
sudo chgrp -R nobody /var/lib/php/session

The 'nobody' option being the user that your webserver runs under and for the second command it's the group.

Note: The folder would need to be changed to wherever you have set your session.save_path to. In the question above the folder is /var/folders so the code would be chown -R nobody /var/folders