Error message on index.php page

[Groshko]

Can somebody tell me what this means, and how to avoid it.

 

this message appears at the bottom of the store index.php page.

 

 

Warning: session_write_close(): Your script possibly relies on a session side-effect which existed until PHP 4.2.3. Please be advised that the session extension does not consider global variables as a source of data, unless register_globals is enabled. You can disable this functionality and this warning by setting session.bug_compat_42 or session.bug_compat_warn to off, respectively. in /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com.au/httpdocs/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 106

 

 

Thanks :D

[♥Vger]

Actually those warning settings are in php.ini. If you have access to a local php.ini then you can locate them and set the warnings to off.

 

This is the code referred to in includes/functions/general.php

 

function tep_session_close() {
if (PHP_VERSION >= '4.0.4') {
  return session_write_close();
} elseif (function_exists('session_close')) {
  return session_close();
}
 }

 

You could edit it to something like this:

 

function tep_session_close() {
if (function_exists('session_close')) {
  return session_close();
}
 }

 

Not sure if the opening and closing curly backets are correct, but you can give it a try - getting too close to Christmas for constructive coding!

 

Vger

[Groshko]

Thanks for the response,

 

 

My web host won't allow me to change the php.ini for security reasons.

 

If I just changed the code in general.php so that i don't receive the message, but still have this error, what things should i be worried about.

 

Do you know what disadvantages lie when leaving this alone?

 

 

Groshko