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I found the problem. In the previous hosting there was cPanel and it had created two ini files, in the upgrade directory, php.ini and user.ini, in which was set session.save_path = "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php72" , a directory that does not exist in the current server. I deleted the two files and now everything works fine

I downloaded the files directly from the client area and uploaded them. The php is 8.1.29 What should I check, in detail, on the PHP session configuration? I think everything is fine, because installing a fresh version does not give any problems, but if you have any suggestions I am happy to check

Hi, I moved the forum from a previous hosting to a cloud with virtualmin. Everything went well and the forum worked regularly. Then I tried to upgrade from version 4.7.6 to version 4.7.18, but I received this error: We were unable to start a PHP session. You will need to contact your host to adjust your PHP configuration before you can continue. The error reported was: Return type of IPS\_DateTime::format($format, $memberOrLanguage = null) should either be compatible with DateTime::format(string $format): string, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice So I installed the forum (always version 4.7.6) on a test server, I searched the community and tried all the solutions proposed by other users, but I had no success (I changed options in php, I installed the update files manually, I removed all templates and all external applications. Nothing, it doesn't work) As a last thing I uninstalled everything and tried to install a fresh version, on the test server, and this works regularly. I would like some suggestions on what to do to bypass this problem and update the forum. On the server there is php 8.1, I used the checker and everything is green

They fixed it, after informing the host of what was written in this post, relating to nginx (Just in case to help someone else with the same problem)

I tried with 8.0 and 8.1. My mistake I reported the error using 8.1. Using php 8.0 I see: We were unable to start a PHP session. You will need to contact your host to adjust your PHP configuration before you can continue. The error reported was: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php80) Using php 8.1 I see: We were unable to start a PHP session. You will need to contact your host to adjust your PHP configuration before you can continue. The error reported was: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php81) However the host insists that everything is working fine on their side. I think in order to see the forum again I can only restore from a backup. But how to do then for updates, which require a minimum of php 8.0 ?

I started the latest update and it asked me for php 8.0 minimum. I updated php to version 8.1, then in the admin panel now there is a red box saying: We were unable to start a PHP session. You will need to contact your host to adjust your PHP configuration before you can continue. The error reported was: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php80) I contacted the host and they said everything is ok on their side. What can i do? My forum is stopped now