[Info-vax] PHP_SESSION.EXE problem with HP CSWS_PHP V2.2

[Rich Jordan]

On Aug 26, 1:45 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <68f398b7-b893-4ec3-bc41-98cade54a... at z18g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> writes:
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> >I'm not seeing anyone with this same problem by searching so I thought
> >I'd ask here.
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> >Our test Alpha (V8.3, current ECOs, TCPIP V5.6 ECO 5) was upgraded to
> >CSWS V2.2 Update 1 and PHP V2.2 yesterday while testing the range bug
> >mitigation options.  That didn't change anything, but it did break a
> >2006 vintage PMWiki test setup (no great loss) that I thought I'd get
> >working again.  So we updated it to current stable, and it now fails
> >with a "PHP is lacking session support" error.  There are requirements
> >in PMWiki current that had us enabling PHP_SESSION in the PHP ini
> >file.
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> >The Apache error logs showed the following:
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> >PHP Warning:  PHP Startup:  Invalid library (maybe not a PHP library)
> >'php_session.exe'   in Unknown on line 0
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> >The PHP.INI file has the PHP_SESSION line (and many others)
> >uncommented; none of the others gives an error.  I extracted a fresh
> >copy of this file from the HP install kit and it compared exactly; all
> >directory and file protections were confirmed, and a quick ANAL/IMAGE
> >run just to confirm there was no internal corruption.  All clean.  I
> >then removed CSWS_PHP, rebooted, and reinstalled it, same symptoms.
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> >So before I replace PHP with Mark Berryman's much newer port, has
> >anyone seen this kind of behavior before with the HP kit?
>
> Dunno about that.  I have Mark's newer port installed and there IS no
> more PHP_SESSION extension.  I'm guessing that it's one that always
> compiled in.  The PHPINFO() shows it exists.
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Brian,
     yep, its built in in Mark's build.  My system running that
version is still down (taking me too long to build my new storage
enclosure; metalworking is not a strong suit) so I can't very if
PMWiki works but so far everything else I threw at Mark's PHP has run
just fine.