Jonathan Sachs wrote:
> I just tried to install phpMyAdmin on my system, and I can't get it to
> work. When I tried to run the setup procedure (setup.php) I got the
> following message:
>
> Fatal error: session_start() [<a
> href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Failed to
> initialize storage module: user (path: C:\...\Temp\php\session) in
> D\...\phpMyAdmin\libraries\session.inc.php on line 86
>
> I set up the config file by hand, then tried to run phpMyAdmin and got
> the same error.
>
> I searched for references to the error message on php.net and found a
> bug report from which I gather that the cause is actually a PHP bug.
> (See the reference to phpMyAdmin in the last message on the page.)
>
> http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=32330
>
> I searched the phpMyAdmin bug lists and FAQ, but I did not see any
> reference to this.
>
> There must be a workaround for this problem -- if not, phpMyAdmin
> would be dead in the water for some significant fraction of users.
> Can anyone tell me what it is, or where to look?
>
> The configuration is: OS, Windows XP SP2; Apache, v.2.2.8; PHP,
> v.5.2.5; MySQL, v.5.0.51; phpMyAdmin, v.2.11.4.
>

Sounds like you have a problem with your php.ini file. What do you have
for your session_save_path and session_save_handler?

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