Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: c:\xampp\tmp) in C:\xampp\htdocs\Mejouwresort\libraries\joomla\session\handler\native.php on line 260 Error: Failed to start application: Failed to start the session - Forum | JoomShaper
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Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: c:\xampp\tmp) in C:\xampp\htdocs\Mejouwresort\libraries\joomla\session\handler\native.php on line 260 Error: Failed to start application: Failed to start the session

Asked by c 5 years ago Last activity 3 years ago

Does anyone have an easy way to solve this error message:

Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: c:\xampp\tmp) in C:\xampp\htdocs\Mejouwresort\libraries\joomla\session\handler\native.php on line 260
Error: Failed to start application: Failed to start the session

This is a localhost server and mariadb

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c Asked this
5 years ago

thank you. There is much more wrong. Need to restall the server.

Rashida Rahman Staff
5 years ago

You are always welcome!

Schmidt
3 years ago

hey there in my Case it was this issue:

in my configuration.php file in root of the server there was the wrong databas localhost entry in line 50;

public $host = '127.0.0.1:3306';

i changed this into 

public $host = 'localhost';
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