Session_start(): Failed to read session data

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Error Message

Warning : session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: /php_sessions) in /home/vol18_2/infinityfree.com/if0_34772387/htdocs/libraries/joomla/session/handler/native.php on line 260
Error: Failed to start application: Failed to start the session

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I am trying to move a Joomla site to this server. Thank you.

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My guess is that the session storage on the server is full.
If that is the case, you will have to wait for admin

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Thanks KangJL for your reply.

You’re referring to this server and the InfinityFree admin?

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I checked this, but when I tried to run a very simple script that just started a session, it just worked for me.

This topic on the Joomla forum suggests that this could also be caused by incorrect database credentials. And I checked the configuration.php of your website, and the database configuration is indeed incorrect.

https://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=989019

Specifically, you configured your website with the database hostname localhost, which is not correct. Please check the client area or control panel for the right value to use.

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I guess he copied code from github and didnt think for a second of a database :rofl: :rofl:

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Not really. As mentioned by the Admin (and by the original poster at the first post), the site is using Joomla, which is a CMS. It was also being moved either from a local environment or from a hosting that utilizes localhost as its database hostname, so the OP likely didn’t think to change it.